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HINGES
Definition of HINGES
noun
plural of hinge
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Word DNA
HINGES inherits its ancestry from its root, HINGE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HINGE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Middle Dutch, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HINGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HINGES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHINS - 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.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HINGES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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