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HOLARD
Definition of HOLARD
noun
The total water content of a sample of soil
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + ἄρδω (árdō, “to water, to irrigate”).
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.
HOLARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLARD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found HOLARD?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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