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HOARED

/hɔː(ɹ)d/6 letters

Definition of HOARED

adjective

moldy; musty

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From hoar + -ed.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective1 syllablecompound-ed

Same root, HOAR · 5 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

HOARED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 18 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
72
First board
164
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

gigglesttw

on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HOARED
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HOARED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found HOARED?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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