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HAMSTER
Definition of HAMSTER
noun
Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
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.
HAMSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAMSTER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAMSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found HAMSTER?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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