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HIJACKINGS
Definition of HIJACKINGS
noun
plural of hijacking
HIJACK · via hijacking
verb
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIJACKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 92 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIJACKINGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIIJKNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. 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 HIJACKINGS?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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