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HOOFINGS
Definition of HOOFINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for HOOFINGS itself. This is its base word, 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
The origin recorded for HOOF.
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).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (128)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOOFINGS 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 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
HOOFINGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FGHINOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOOFINGS?
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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