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HINKIER
Definition of HINKIER
adjective
comparative form of hinky: more hinky
adjective
Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
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Word DNA
HINKIER inherits its ancestry from its root, HINKY.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Old Norse
- Scots
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HINKY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HINKIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HINKIER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found HINKIER?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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