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HIKE
Definition of HIKE
noun
A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”).
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.
HIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHIK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HIKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found HIKE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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