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HOSTILES
Definition of HOSTILES
noun
plural of hostile
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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.
HOSTILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HOSTILES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start HOSTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOSTILES?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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