The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HAMULUS
Definition of HAMULUS
noun
A hook, or hook-like process.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin hamulus (“a little hook”).
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.
HAMULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HAMULUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHLMSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found HAMULUS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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