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HOISINS
Definition of HOISINS
Wiktionary has no entry for HOISINS itself. This is its base word, HOISIN.
noun
A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HOISIN.
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.
HOISINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOISINS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIINOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.
Could you have found HOISINS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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