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HIPS
Definition of HIPS
noun
plural of hip
HIP
noun
The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
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Word DNA
HIPS 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 (747)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIP · 16 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.
HIPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIPS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HIPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIPS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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