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HOYA
Definition of HOYA
noun
Any plant of the genus Hoya
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOYA · 1 relative 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.
HOYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOYA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHOY - 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 28
Could you have found HOYA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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