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HUNKER
Definition of HUNKER
verb
To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down.
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Where it comes from
Originally Scottish. Origin uncertain, but probably of Germanic origin, perhaps *hunk- a nasalised variant of *huk- (compare Scots hoonk, hounk, variants of huk, hok (“to squat, crouch”); Scots hocker (“to crouch down, hunker”)), all of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse huka (“to crouch”), from Proto-Germanic *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of high). Probable cognates include Old Norse húka, Dutch huiken, and German hocken.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUNKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HUNKER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHKNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HUNKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found HUNKER?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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