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HARDCORE
Definition of HARDCORE
adjective
Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)
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.
HARDCORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARDCORE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start HARDCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARDCORE?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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