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HOPE
Definition of HOPE
verb
To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or with clause; or with so or not].
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn; further etymology unclear. Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian hoopje (“to hope”), Cimbrian hòffan (“to hope”), Dutch hopen (“to hope”), German, Luxembourgish hoffen (“to hope”), Vilamovian höfnan (“hope”), Yiddish האָפֿן (hofn, “to hope”), Danish håbe (“to hope”), Norwegian Bokmål håpe (“to hope”), Norwegian Nynorsk håpa, håpe (“to hope”), Swedish hoppas (“to hope”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (899)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOPE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOPE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOPE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOPE?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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