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AHOLD
Definition of AHOLD
adverb
Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- (“on”) + hold.
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.
AHOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AHOLD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found AHOLD?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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