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HOICKS
Definition of HOICKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of hoick
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Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOICK · 3 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.
HOICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HOICKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIKOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOICKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOICKS?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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