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HOGBACK
Definition of HOGBACK
noun
A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hog + back.
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.
HOGBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOGBACK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCGHKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HOGBACK?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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