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HOSEY
Definition of HOSEY
verb
To bagsy; to shotgun (make a claim).
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOSEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOSEY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOSEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOSEY?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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