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HIPES
Definition of HIPES
noun
plural of hipe
noun
A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.
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Word DNA
HIPES inherits its ancestry from its root, HIP.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (791)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIP · 19 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIPES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HIPES?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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