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HACKWORKS
Definition of HACKWORKS
noun
plural of hackwork
noun
Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.
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Word DNA
HACKWORKS inherits its ancestry from its root, HACKWORK.
How it is built
Same root, HACKWORK · 1 relative 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.
HACKWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HACKWORKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHKKORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Could you have found HACKWORKS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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