The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOOPING
Definition of HOOPING
verb
present participle and gerund of hoop
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOOPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOPING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHINOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found HOOPING?
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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