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HOOLIE
Definition of HOOLIE
noun
Short for hooligan (“a young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hool(igan) + -ie (diminutive suffix).
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.
HOOLIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HOOLIE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOOLIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found HOOLIE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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