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HISS
Definition of HISS
noun
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hissen, probably of onomatopoeic origin (compare Arabic هَسْهَسَ (hashasa)). Compare Middle Dutch hissen, hisschen (“to chase away, shoo”), Middle Low German hissen (“to chase, hound, incite”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,142)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HISS · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HISS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HISS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HISS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HISS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HISS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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