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HOOPLIKE
Definition of HOOPLIKE
adjective
Resembling a hoop.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hoop + -like.
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.
HOOPLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
HOOPLIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHIKLOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found HOOPLIKE?
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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