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HECTORING
Definition of HECTORING
adjective
That hectors; intimidating or domineering.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hector + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HECTOR · 3 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.
HECTORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HECTORING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGHINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HECTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HECTORING?
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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