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HOLON

5 letters

Definition of HOLON

noun

One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and orbiton) that electrons in solids are able to split into during the process of spin–charge separation, when extremely tightly confined at temperatures close to absolute zero.

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Where it comes from

From hole + -on.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

HOLON in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
55
First board
86
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

atma

on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HOLON
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HOLON starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HLNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start HOLON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.

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