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HURTLE
Definition of HURTLE
verb
To propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English hurtelen, hurtlen (“to cast, hurl, throw; to charge at; to clash in combat, fight; to collide; to injure; to knock down; to propel, push, thrust; to rush; to stumble”) [and other forms], from hurten (“to injure, wound, hurt (physically or figuratively); to damage, impair; to hurt one’s feelings, humiliate; to receive an injury; to collide into; to propel, push, thrust; to stumble”) (see further at English hurt (verb)) + -el-, -elen (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as hurt (“(obsolete) to knock; to strike”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb.
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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.
HURTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HURTLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHLRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HURTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found HURTLE?
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