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HIKOI
Definition of HIKOI
noun
A protest march, typically involving a long journey.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori hīkoi (“march”).
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.
HIKOI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIKOI starts with H and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read HIIKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HIKOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIKOI?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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