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HULLOOS
Definition of HULLOOS
noun
plural of hulloo
HALLOO · via hulloo
interjection
Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
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Word DNA
HULLOOS inherits its ancestry from its root, HALLOO.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HALLOO · 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.
HULLOOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HULLOOS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HLLOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HULLOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HULLOOS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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