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HOYDENS
Definition of HOYDENS
noun
plural of hoyden
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOYDENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
HOYDENS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOYDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HOYDENS?
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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