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HIPHUGGER
Definition of HIPHUGGER
noun
Attributive form of hiphuggers.
HIPHUGGERS
noun
Alternative form of hip-huggers.
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Word DNA
HIPHUGGER 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
1%
of traced words share this origin (771)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIP · 18 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.
HIPHUGGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HIPHUGGER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGGHHIPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HIPHUGGER?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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