The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOOKER
Definition of HOOKER
noun
One who, or that which, hooks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hook (verb) + -er.
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.
HOOKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOKER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HOOKER?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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