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HOCUMS
Definition of HOCUMS
noun
plural of hocum
HOKUM · via hocum
noun
(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOCUM · 1 relative 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.
HOCUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 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
HOCUMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHMOSU - 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.
Could you have found HOCUMS?
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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