The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANTICLOCKWISE
Definition of ANTICLOCKWISE
adjective
In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.
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Where it comes from
From anti- + clockwise.
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.
ANTICLOCKWISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTICLOCKWISE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIIKLNOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Could you have found ANTICLOCKWISE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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