The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
AUTOCUE
Definition of AUTOCUE
noun
Any of several devices that display words for a person to read aloud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auto- + cue, originally a trademark.
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.
AUTOCUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
AUTOCUE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEOTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AUTOCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUTOCUE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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