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HACKNEYED
Definition of HACKNEYED
adjective
Repeated too often.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hackney + -ed. Most likely from the fact that hackney carriages have been used so much, that they are extremely commonplace now.
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.
HACKNEYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HACKNEYED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEHKNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HACKNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HACKNEYED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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