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HAMULOUS

8 letters

Definition of HAMULOUS

adjective

Shaped like a little hook, or hamule.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HAMULOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
72
First board
98
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

himself

on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HAMULOUS
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HAMULOUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHLMOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start HAMULO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HAMULOUS?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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