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HELOTRY
Definition of HELOTRY
noun
Collectively, the helots (slaves or bondsmen).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From helot + -ry.
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.
HELOTRY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELOTRY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HELOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found HELOTRY?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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