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HOIST
Definition of HOIST
verb
To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
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Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOIST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
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