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HOLOCRINE
Definition of HOLOCRINE
adjective
Of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releasing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole, entire”) and κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOLOCRINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLOCRINE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found HOLOCRINE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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