The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOOKY
Definition of HOOKY
noun
Absence from school or work; truancy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
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.
HOOKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOKY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HKOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found HOOKY?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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