The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOLOGYNIC
Definition of HOLOGYNIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to female-only heritable traits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From holo- + gyn- + -ic.
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.
HOLOGYNIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLOGYNIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGHILNOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HOLOGYNIC?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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