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HODGEPODGE
Definition of HODGEPODGE
noun
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch + pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HODGEPODGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HODGEPODGE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEEGGHOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, D, G and E appear more than once.
Could you have found HODGEPODGE?
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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