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WORKHOUSE
Definition of WORKHOUSE
noun
An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English werkhous, from Old English weorchūs (“workshop, place of manufacture”), from Proto-Germanic *werkahūsą, equivalent to work + house.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORKHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WORKHOUSE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHKOORSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WORKHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found WORKHOUSE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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