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HUHU
Definition of HUHU
noun
A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori huhu (“larval form of this beetle”), from Proto-Polynesian *fufu (“weevil”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUHU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUHU starts with H and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read HHUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and U appear more than once.
Words that start HUHU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUHU?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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