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HOLOTYPIC

9 letters

Definition of HOLOTYPIC

adjective

Relating to a holotype

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Where it comes from

From holotype + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ic

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HOLOTYPIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 13 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
48
First board
149
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

vyth1

on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HOLOTYPIC
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start HOLOTY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HOLOTYPIC?

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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.

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