The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOREHOLE
Definition of BOREHOLE
noun
A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bore + hole.
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.
BOREHOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOREHOLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found BOREHOLE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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