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HOGGINGS
Definition of HOGGINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for HOGGINGS itself. This is its base word, HOGG.
noun
A young sheep of either sex, until it cuts its first two teeth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HOGG.
See hogget (“young sheep”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
HOGGINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
HOGGINGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GGGHINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 HOGGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOGGINGS?
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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