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HELIOSCOPE
Definition of HELIOSCOPE
noun
An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of the sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From helio- + -scope.
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.
HELIOSCOPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HELIOSCOPE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHILOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start HELIOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found HELIOSCOPE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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