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HOOF
Definition of HOOF
noun
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
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.
HOOF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOOF starts with H and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FHOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOOF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HOOF?
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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