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HOLDOUTS
Definition of HOLDOUTS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
HOLDOUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOLDOUT.
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.
HOLDOUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HOLDOUTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DHLOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found HOLDOUTS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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