The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHILDCARE
Definition of CHILDCARE
noun
The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From child + care.
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.
CHILDCARE 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 33 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
CHILDCARE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEHILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHILDC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHILDCARE?
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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