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HOLDOUT
Definition of HOLDOUT
noun
One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
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Where it comes from
Deverbal from hold out.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOLDOUT · 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.
HOLDOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 83, 11 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLDOUT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DHLOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found HOLDOUT?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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