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HOLS
Definition of HOLS
noun
Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of holidays.
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.
HOLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HOLS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HOLS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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