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HELIAC

/ˈhiːliæk/6 letters

Definition of HELIAC

adjective

Alternative form of heliacal.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HELIAC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 6 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
72
First board
117
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

shaven

on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HELIAC
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HELIAC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start HELIAC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HELIACALHELIACALLY

Could you have found HELIAC?

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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