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HIJACKER
Definition of HIJACKER
noun
Someone who hijacks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hijack + -er.
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.
HIJACKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 121, 18 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HIJACKER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIJKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HIJACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIJACKER?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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