The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BUYOUTS
Definition of BUYOUTS
noun
plural of buyout
noun
The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
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Word DNA
BUYOUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, BUYOUT.
How it is built
Same root, BUYOUT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUYOUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUYOUTS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BOSTUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U 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 BUYOUTS?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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