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HORNSWOGGLE
Definition of HORNSWOGGLE
verb
To deceive or trick.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown, 1829 US, jocular coinage like contemporary absquatulate. Presumably horns + waggle with humorous faux ablaut or combination with wobble (compare later woggle, 1923), perhaps inspired by lassoed steers trying to escape by moving their head.
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.
HORNSWOGGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORNSWOGGLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGGHLNOORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HORNSWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HORNSWOGGLE?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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