The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
INHOOP
Definition of INHOOP
verb
To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + hoop.
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.
INHOOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INHOOP starts with I and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HINOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start INHOOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INHOOP?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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