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HIKING

/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/6 letters

Definition of HIKING

verb

present participle and gerund of hike

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

HIKING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 9 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
8
First board
109
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

harrisong22

on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

HIKING
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HIKING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Could you have found HIKING?

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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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