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STRONGHOLD
Definition of STRONGHOLD
noun
A place built to withstand attack; a fortress.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English stranghalde, strong-hold, strong-holde, from strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“stiff, tight”)) + hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English). By surface analysis, strong + hold.
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.
STRONGHOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
STRONGHOLD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DGHLNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start STRONG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found STRONGHOLD?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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