The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CASSETTE
Definition of CASSETTE
noun
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cassette.
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.
CASSETTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CASSETTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEESSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CASSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CASSETTE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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