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HOYDEN
Definition of HOYDEN
noun
A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
HOYDEN carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A high-spirited, boisterous, or saucy girl.
adjective
High-spirited; boisterous.
See hoiden.
noun
Same as hoiden.
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle Dutch heyden (“heathen, gypsy”), heidin (Modern Dutch heiden).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (110)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HOYDEN · 3 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.
HOYDEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOYDEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of HOYDEN. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start HOYDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HOYDEN?
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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