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HOLSTERING
Definition of HOLSTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of holster
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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.
HOLSTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLSTERING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOLSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HOLSTERING?
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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