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HOAXIEST
Definition of HOAXIEST
adjective
superlative form of hoaxy: most hoaxy
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Word DNA
HOAXIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, HOAX.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOAX · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOAXIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOAXIEST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEHIOSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HOAXIEST?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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