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DHOLAKS
Definition of DHOLAKS
noun
plural of dholak
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Word DNA
DHOLAKS inherits its ancestry from its root, DHOLAK.
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (120)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DHOLAK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DHOLAKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DHOLAKS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHKLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DHOLAKS?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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