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HOLIDAYER
Definition of HOLIDAYER
noun
Someone who is taking a holiday (recreational trip away from home).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From holiday + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOLIDAY · 4 relatives 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.
HOLIDAYER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLIDAYER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEHILORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOLIDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found HOLIDAYER?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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