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HECKLE
Definition of HECKLE
verb
To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Transferred usage of Middle English hekelen (“to comb flax or hemp with a heckle”), from hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”), from Middle Dutch hekelen (“to prickle, irritate”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakilōną, related to *hakô (“hook”). Doublet of hatchel. Related to hackle.
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.
HECKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HECKLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HECKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HECKLE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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