The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOOKUPS
Definition of HOOKUPS
noun
plural of hookup
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Word DNA
HOOKUPS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOOKUP.
How it is built
Same root, HOOKUP · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOOKUPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 89 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOKUPS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HKOOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOOKUPS?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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