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HOLDINGS
Definition of HOLDINGS
noun
plural of holding
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Word DNA
HOLDINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOLDING.
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (143)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOLDINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLDINGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGHILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HOLDINGS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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