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HANKED
Definition of HANKED
verb
simple past and past participle of hank
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANKED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HANKED?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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