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HIND
Definition of HIND
adjective
Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), German hinter (“behind, beyond”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.
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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.
HIND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HIND starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HIND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HIND?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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