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HOCKS
Definition of HOCKS
noun
plural of hock
noun
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
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Word DNA
HOCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOCK.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOCK · 5 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.
HOCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOCKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHKOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HOCKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found HOCKS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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