The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOODRATS
Definition of HOODRATS
noun
plural of hoodrat
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Word DNA
HOODRATS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOODRAT.
How it is built
Same root, HOODRAT · 1 relative 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.
HOODRATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOODRATS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOODRATS?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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