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HOBBLEDEHOY
Definition of HOBBLEDEHOY
noun
An awkward adolescent youth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(Can this etymology be sourced?) From Scots. Compare dialectal English hobbledygee (“(with a) limping movement”); also French hobereau (“country squire”), English hobby, and Old French hoi (“today”); the original sense may have been "an upstart of today".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (136)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOBBLEDEHOY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOBBLEDEHOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOBBLEDEHOY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BBDEEHHLOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H, O, B and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOBBLED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOBBLEDEHOY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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