The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOEDOWN
Definition of HOEDOWN
noun
A type of American folk or square dance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1835–45, Americanism; hoe + down, a social gathering taking place once work is over, i.e., when tillers and farm workers put their hoes down.
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.
HOEDOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HOEDOWN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears 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.
Could you have found HOEDOWN?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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