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HOOKUP
Definition of HOOKUP
noun
A connection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A deverbal from hook up.
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.
HOOKUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HOOKUP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HKOOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOOKUP?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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