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HOVELS
Definition of HOVELS
noun
plural of hovel
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Word DNA
HOVELS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOVEL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, HOVEL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOVELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 199 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOVELS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found HOVELS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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