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HUNK
Definition of HUNK
noun
A large or dense piece of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably borrowed from West Flemish hunke (“hunk; chunk”), of obscure origin. Probably from an earlier *humke, *humpke, a diminutive related to Dutch homp (“hunk; lump”), English hump, equivalent to hump + -kin. The sense of an attractive man is recorded in Australian slang in 1941, in jive talk in 1945.
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.
HUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUNK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found HUNK?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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