The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
AXEL
Definition of AXEL
noun
A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.
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.
AXEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AXEL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found AXEL?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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