The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BROADTAIL
Definition of BROADTAIL
noun
The hide or fur of a Persian lamb, formerly used in clothing etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From broad + tail.
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.
BROADTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BROADTAIL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AABDILORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BROADTAIL?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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