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HOLOCAUSTIC
Definition of HOLOCAUSTIC
adjective
Of or relating to a holocaust.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From holocaust + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOLOCAUSTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLOCAUSTIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCHILOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once.
Words that start HOLOCAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOLOCAUSTIC?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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