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HUMMOCK
Definition of HUMMOCK
noun
A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HUMMOCK · 1 relative 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.
HUMMOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUMMOCK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CHKMMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HUMMOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUMMOCK?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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