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HOKING
Definition of HOKING
verb
present participle and gerund of hoke
HOOK · via hoke
noun
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
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Word DNA
HOKING inherits its ancestry from its root, HOKE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOKE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HOKING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found HOKING?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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