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HEDGEHOP
Definition of HEDGEHOP
verb
Of an aircraft: to fly very close to the ground, such that evasive manoeuvres need to be taken to avoid obstacles.
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Where it comes from
From hedge + hop.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEDGEHOP · 1 relative 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.
HEDGEHOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEDGEHOP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read DEEGHHOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and E appear more than once.
Words that start HEDGEH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEDGEHOP?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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