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HASSLE
Definition of HASSLE
noun
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
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.
HASSLE 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 found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HASSLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHLSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HASSLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HASSLE?
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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