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HOLIES
Definition of HOLIES
noun
plural of holy. Used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
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Word DNA
HOLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, HOLY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, HOLY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and 3 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
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 7 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 54
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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