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HISSED
Definition of HISSED
verb
simple past and past participle of hiss
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Word DNA
HISSED inherits its ancestry from its root, HISS.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,064)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HISS · 6 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.
HISSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HISSED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHISS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears 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.
Could you have found HISSED?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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