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HOBDAY
Definition of HOBDAY
verb
to operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing
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Where it comes from
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOBDAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOBDAY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABDHOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOBDAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOBDAY?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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