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HAWKED
Definition of HAWKED
verb
simple past and past participle of hawk
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Word DNA
HAWKED inherits its ancestry from its root, HAWK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, HAWK · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and 1 more.
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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.
HAWKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAWKED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHKW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HAWKED?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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