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HIKES
Definition of HIKES
noun
plural of hike
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Word DNA
HIKES inherits its ancestry from its root, HIKE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIKE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HIKES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HIKES?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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