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HOGGING
Definition of HOGGING
verb
present participle and gerund of hog
HOG
noun
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. An adult swine, at or above a certain body weight.
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Word DNA
HOGGING inherits its ancestry from its root, HOGG.
How it is built
Same root, HOGG · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOGGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOGGING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGGHINO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOGGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOGGING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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