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HOGAN
Definition of HOGAN
noun
A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Navajo hooghan (“dwelling, house”).
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.
HOGAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOGAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGHNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HOGAN?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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