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HATLIKE
Definition of HATLIKE
adjective
Resembling a hat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hat + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAT · 16 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HATLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HATLIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIKLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HATLIKE?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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