The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CLEANUP
Definition of CLEANUP
noun
The act of cleaning or tidying something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A deverbal from clean up.
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.
CLEANUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEANUP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACELNPU - 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 58
Could you have found CLEANUP?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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