The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOPPING
Definition of HOPPING
noun
hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon
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.
HOPPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOPPING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHINOPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOPPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOPPING?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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