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HIPPODROME
Definition of HIPPODROME
noun
A horse racing course.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIPPODROME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HIPPODROME starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHIMOOPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HIPPOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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