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HUNKS
Definition of HUNKS
noun
A crotchety or surly person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown.
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.
HUNKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HUNKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HKNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HUNKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HUNKS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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