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EYEHOOKS

/ˈaɪˌhʊks/8 letters

Definition of EYEHOOKS

noun

plural of eyehook; alternative form of eye hooks.

EYEHOOK

noun

Alternative form of eye hook.

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Word DNA

EYEHOOKS inherits its ancestry from its root, EYE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,259)

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, EYE · 11 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish, Latin and 8 more.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EYEHOOKS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its 5 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
74
First board
112
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.

First ever to find it

bogartopia

on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EYEHOOKS
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EYEHOOKS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHKOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start EYEHOO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EYEHOOKS?

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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.

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