The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CATENOID
Definition of CATENOID
noun
A three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CATENOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATENOID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINOT - 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 57
Could you have found CATENOID?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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