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HUBCAP

/ˈhʌbˌkæp/6 letters

Definition of HUBCAP

noun

A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From hub + cap.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HUBCAP in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 7 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
7
First board
111
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Also on

Built from these letters

HUBCAP
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HUBCAP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ABCHPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start HUBCAP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HUBCAP?

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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