The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOOLY
Definition of HOOLY
adjective
Holy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ.
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.
HOOLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HOOLY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HLOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOOLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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