The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BLOCKSHIP
Definition of BLOCKSHIP
noun
A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From block + ship.
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.
BLOCKSHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 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 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOCKSHIP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read BCHIKLOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BLOCKSHIP?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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