The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIPPOS
Definition of HIPPOS
noun
plural of hippo
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HIPPO · 1 relative 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.
HIPPOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIPPOS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIOPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HIPPOS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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