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HOLYSTONE
Definition of HOLYSTONE
noun
A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
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Where it comes from
Uncertain, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (“having a hole”). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOLYSTONE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOLYSTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLYSTONE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHLNOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HOLYST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found HOLYSTONE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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