The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ARGYLE
Definition of ARGYLE
noun
a pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Argyll branch of the Scottish Campbell clan, named after their tartan.
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.
ARGYLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARGYLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ARGYLE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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