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POTHOLDER
Definition of POTHOLDER
noun
An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pot + holder.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POTHOLDER · 1 relative 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.
POTHOLDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTHOLDER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEHLOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POTHOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POTHOLDER?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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