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HOVE
Definition of HOVE
verb
To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.
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.
HOVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOVE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found HOVE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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