The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BLOCKBUST
Definition of BLOCKBUST
verb
Of a film or book, to succeed wildly and become popular.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from blockbuster.
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.
BLOCKBUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOCKBUST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BBCKLOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start BLOCKB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLOCKBUST?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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