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HOATZIN
Definition of HOATZIN
noun
A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Nahuatl huāctzin (which probably designated a different bird).
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.
HOATZIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOATZIN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHINOTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HOATZIN?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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