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HELCOID
Definition of HELCOID
adjective
Of or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “ulcer”) + -oid.
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.
HELCOID 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 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELCOID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HELCOID?
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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