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HAMULATE
Definition of HAMULATE
adjective
Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hamule (“a small hook”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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.
HAMULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAMULATE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEHLMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found HAMULATE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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