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HISSY

/ˈhɪsi/5 letters

Definition of HISSY

adjective

Accompanied with hisses.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From hiss + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HISSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its 2 boards, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
124
Latest board
48
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

curler

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HISSY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HISSY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HISSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found HISSY?

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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