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HOISTED
Definition of HOISTED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
HOISTED inherits its ancestry from its root, HOIST.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (461)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOIST · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Catalan, Danish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOISTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOISTED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found HOISTED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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