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HOKUM
Definition of HOKUM
noun
(An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain; first attested as US theater slang, possibly a blend of hocus-pocus + bunkum.
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.
HOKUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOKUM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read HKMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HOKUM?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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