The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CATCHUPS
Definition of CATCHUPS
noun
plural of catchup
KETCHUP · via catchup
noun
Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).
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Word DNA
CATCHUPS inherits its ancestry from its root, CATCHUP.
How it is built
Same root, CATCHUP · 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.
CATCHUPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATCHUPS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCHPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CATCHUPS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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