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HACKNEY
Definition of HACKNEY
noun
An ordinary horse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hakeney, from the placename Hackney (formerly a town; now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, from Old English *Hacan īeġ (“Haca's Island”, literally “Hook's Island”). The Old French haquenée (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius, is originally from the English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HACKNEY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HACKNEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 94 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HACKNEY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHKNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HACKNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found HACKNEY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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