The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BYLINES
Definition of BYLINES
noun
plural of byline
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Word DNA
BYLINES inherits its ancestry from its root, BYLINE.
How it is built
Same root, BYLINE · 2 relatives 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.
BYLINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BYLINES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEILNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BYLINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BYLINES?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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