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HOARD
Definition of HOARD
noun
A hidden supply or fund.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”). For the meaning development, compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, HOARD · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Latin, Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOARD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOARD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found HOARD?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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