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HODMAN
Definition of HODMAN
noun
Synonym of hod carrier.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hod + -man.
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.
HODMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HODMAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADHMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HODMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found HODMAN?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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