The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHECKOUT
Definition of CHECKOUT
noun
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from check out.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHECKOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHECKOUT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCEHKOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHECKO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHECKOUT?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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