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HIPPINGS
Definition of HIPPINGS
noun
Alternative form of hippins.
HIPPIN · via hippins
noun
Theatre curtain.
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Word DNA
HIPPINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, HIPPIN.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (357)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIPPIN · 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.
HIPPINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIPPINGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHIINPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HIPPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIPPINGS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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