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HELIOPAUSE
Definition of HELIOPAUSE
noun
The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
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Where it comes from
From helio- + -pause.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
HELIOPAUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HELIOPAUSE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHILOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HELIOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found HELIOPAUSE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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