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HOODIE
Definition of HOODIE
noun
A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.
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.
HOODIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOODIE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHIOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOODIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HOODIE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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