The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANIMAGUS
Definition of ANIMAGUS
noun
A person who can transform into an animal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by J. K. Rowling for her Harry Potter series as a blend of animal + magus. Term is introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANIMAGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANIMAGUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGIMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ANIMAGUS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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