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HENCOOP
Definition of HENCOOP
noun
A coop where hens are kept.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English henne coupe; equivalent to hen + coop.
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.
HENCOOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HENCOOP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CEHNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HENCOOP?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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