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HICCOUGH

/ˈhɪ.kəp/8 letters

Definition of HICCOUGH

noun

Dated spelling of hiccup.

HICCUP

noun

A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, HICCOUGH · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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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.

HICCOUGH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 139
Its one board, across 139 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

rogrtheshrubber

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HICCOUGH
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HICCOUGH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCGHHIOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and C appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start HICCOU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HICCOUGHSHICCOUGHEDHICCOUGHING

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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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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