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HOICKSES
Definition of HOICKSES
Wiktionary has no entry for HOICKSES itself. This is its base word, HOICKS.
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of hoick
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HOICKS.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOICKS · 1 relative 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.
HOICKSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HOICKSES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start HOICKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOICKSES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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