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HOLOCAUST
Definition of HOLOCAUST
noun
An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English holocaust (“burnt offering”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman holocauste, Old French holocauste, olocauste (modern French holocaust), from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), the neuter form of ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos, “wholly burnt”), from ὅλος (hólos, “entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”)) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) (from καίω (kaíō, “to burn, burn up”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-). By surface analysis, holo- + -caust. The verb is derived from the noun. As regards verb sense 3 (“to subject (a group of people) to a holocaust”), compare the use of genocide as a verb.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOLOCAUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLOCAUST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACHLOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HOLOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
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