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HOPES
Definition of HOPES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
HOPES inherits its ancestry from its root, HOPE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,598)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOPE · 9 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.
HOPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOPES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found HOPES?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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