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HALIDOMES
Definition of HALIDOMES
Wiktionary has no entry for HALIDOMES itself. This is its base word, HALIDOM.
noun
Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HALIDOM.
From Middle English halidom, haliȝdom, from Old English hāliġdōm (“holiness, righteousness, sanctity; holy place, sanctuary, chapel; relics, holy things; holy office; sacrament; holy doctrines”), corresponding to holy + -dom, from Proto-Germanic *hailagadōmaz. Cognate with Dutch heiligdom (“sanctuary, shrine”), German Heiligtum (“sanctuary, shrine, holy relic”), Swedish helgedom (“shrine, sanctuary, temple, sanctum”), Icelandic helgidómur (“sanctuary, holy relic”).
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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.
HALIDOMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HALIDOMES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHILMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HALIDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HALIDOMES?
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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