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HITCHY
Definition of HITCHY
adjective
irregular; uneven; moving or progressing in jerks or spurts
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hitch + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HITCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HITCHY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHHITY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Could you have found HITCHY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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