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HOOVED
Definition of HOOVED
adjective
Alternative form of hoofed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hoved, hovyde, from Old English ġehōfod (“hoofed, hooved”), equivalent to hoof + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,971)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOOVE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOOVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOOVED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHOOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found HOOVED?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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