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HODOMETERS
Definition of HODOMETERS
noun
plural of hodometer
ODOMETER · via hodometer
noun
An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HODOMETERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 102 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
HODOMETERS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEHMOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
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 HODOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found HODOMETERS?
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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