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HOVELLING
Definition of HOVELLING
verb
present participle and gerund of hovel
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hovel + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOVEL · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOVELLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOVELLING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHILLNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOVELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOVELLING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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