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HOLYSTONING
Definition of HOLYSTONING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
HOLYSTONING inherits its ancestry from its root, HOLYSTONE.
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.
HOLYSTONING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLYSTONING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHILNNOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start HOLYSTO
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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