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HUDDLE
Definition of HUDDLE
noun
A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another. A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest. A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).
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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.
HUDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HUDDLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEHLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HUDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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