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HOTTENTOT
Definition of HOTTENTOT
noun
Any of several fish of the genus Pachymetopon, in the family Sparidae.
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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.
HOTTENTOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOTTENTOT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EHNOOTTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOTTENTOT?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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