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HODAG
Definition of HODAG
noun
A fictional animal in Wisconsin folklore, having a head like an ox, the bulging eyes of a frog, huge claws, a row of spikes down its back, and a dinosauric body and tail.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HODAG · 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.
HODAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 144, 11 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HODAG starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGHO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HODAG?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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