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HOON
Definition of HOON
noun
A worthless person; a hooligan or lout.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain; used initially as a general term of abuse. It first appeared in print in Capricornia (1938) by Australian writer Xavier Herbert (1901–1984); in a 1941 letter Herbert stated he had heard the term in his youth.
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.
HOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOON starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOON?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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