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HANKERS
Definition of HANKERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of hanker
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Another sense
HANKERS carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hanker.
Word DNA
HANKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, HANKER.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HANKER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANKERS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HANKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found HANKERS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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