The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOOTY
Definition of HOOTY
adjective
Characterised by a hooting sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hoot + -y.
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.
HOOTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOTY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found HOOTY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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