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HUNKIE
Definition of HUNKIE
noun
Alternative form of hunky.
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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.
HUNKIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUNKIE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHIKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HUNKIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found HUNKIE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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