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HOKEY
Definition of HOKEY
adjective
Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
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Where it comes from
From the verb hoke ("to give an artificial feel to" [from hokum]) + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 242 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOKEY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHKOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HOKEY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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