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HINDER
Definition of HINDER
verb
To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).
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.
HINDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HINDER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HINDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found HINDER?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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