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HAWKBIT
Definition of HAWKBIT
noun
Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the medieval belief that hawks ate the plant to improve their eyesight.
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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.
HAWKBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAWKBIT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABHIKTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAWKBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAWKBIT?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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