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HOOSES
Definition of HOOSES
noun
plural of hoose
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Word DNA
HOOSES inherits its ancestry from its root, HOOSE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOOSE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOOSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOSES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOOSES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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