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HUNCHBACK
Definition of HUNCHBACK
noun
One who is stooped or hunched over.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from hunchbacked.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HUNCHBACK · 2 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.
HUNCHBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
Built from these letters
HUNCHBACK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCCHHKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and C appear more than once.
Words that start HUNCHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUNCHBACK?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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