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HOOCH
Definition of HOOCH
noun
An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived. From Tlingit xóots (“grizzly bear”).
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.
HOOCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOCH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHHOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOOCH?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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