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HOLIES

/ˈhoʊliz/6 letters

Definition of HOLIES

noun

plural of holy. Used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HOLIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
54
First board
80
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

perrynomasticTOP SUPPORTER

on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HOLIES
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HOLIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start HOLIES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HOLIES?

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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.

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