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HOOKIES
Definition of HOOKIES
Wiktionary has no entry for HOOKIES itself. This is its base word, HOOKY.
noun
Absence from school or work; truancy.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HOOKY.
First attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (“nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-seek”). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje. By surface analysis, hook + -y.
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.
HOOKIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 105, 2 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HOOKIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIKOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOOKIES?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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