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HALIDOMS
Definition of HALIDOMS
noun
plural of halidom
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Word DNA
HALIDOMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HALIDOM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HALIDOM · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HALIDOMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HALIDOMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHILMOS - 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.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found HALIDOMS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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