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HOSPICE
Definition of HOSPICE
noun
A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.
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.
HOSPICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOSPICE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOSPIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HOSPICE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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