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HOSIER
Definition of HOSIER
noun
One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hosiere; equivalent to hose + -ier.
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.
HOSIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOSIER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOSIER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found HOSIER?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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