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HOVERS
Definition of HOVERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of hover
verb
To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air. Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; of a thing: to cover or surround (something). Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
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Word DNA
HOVERS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOVER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, HOVER · 5 relatives in the game
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.
HOVERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOVERS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found HOVERS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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