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HOISIN
Definition of HOISIN
noun
A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Cantonese 海鮮 / 海鲜 (hoi sin), literally "seafood", though the sauce contains no seafood ingredients.
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.
HOISIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOISIN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HIINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HOISIN?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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