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HOOK
Definition of HOOK
noun
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Cognate with Scots huke, huik (“hook”), West Frisian and Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk, German Hook (“small cluster of farms”), Faroese høkja (“crutch”), Icelandic hækja (“crutch”), Norn hek (“crutch”), Finnish kuokka (“hoe, mattock”). Related to hake.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
HOOK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found HOOK?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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