The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOTNET
Definition of BOTNET
noun
A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.
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Where it comes from
From bot + net.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOTNET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTNET starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BENOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found BOTNET?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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