The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BLADEWORK
Definition of BLADEWORK
noun
The skill of handling the blade of an oar in rowing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From blade + work.
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.
BLADEWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLADEWORK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABDEKLORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BLADEWORK?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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