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HELD
Definition of HELD
verb
simple past and past participle of hold
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELD in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HELD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HELD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HELD?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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