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HELIOS
Definition of HELIOS
noun
plural of helio
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Word DNA
HELIOS inherits its ancestry from its root, HELIO.
How it is built
Same root, HELIO · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELIOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 82 boards so far. 247 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HELIOS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HELIOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found HELIOS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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