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HOUPPELANDE
Definition of HOUPPELANDE
noun
A robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English hopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande, from Old French houppelande (1281), probably a calque from Old English hōppāda (“upper tunic”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,167)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOUPPELANDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUPPELANDE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHLNOPPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOUPPELANDE?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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