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HYGGE
Definition of HYGGE
noun
A feeling of cosiness, comfort, contentment and conviviality.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Danish hygge, Norwegian Nynorsk hygge or Norwegian Bokmål hygge.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (75)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYGGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYGGE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGGHY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HYGGE?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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