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HOOD
Definition of HOOD
noun
A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision. A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian and Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /xaudā/)). More at hat.
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.
HOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOOD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOOD?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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