The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BYTE
Definition of BYTE
noun
A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.
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.
BYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BYTE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BETY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BYTE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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