The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
APPLETS
Definition of APPLETS
noun
plural of applet
noun
A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.
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Word DNA
APPLETS inherits its ancestry from its root, APPLET.
How it is built
Same root, APPLET · 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.
APPLETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APPLETS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELPPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found APPLETS?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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