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HOLDERBATS
Definition of HOLDERBATS
noun
plural of holderbat
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Word DNA
HOLDERBATS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOLDERBAT.
How it is built
Same root, HOLDERBAT · 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.
HOLDERBATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLDERBATS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHLORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOLDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOLDERBATS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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