The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CLOSEMOUTHED
Definition of CLOSEMOUTHED
adjective
reticent, secretive or uncommunicative
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From close + mouthed.
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.
CLOSEMOUTHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLOSEMOUTHED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHLMOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Could you have found CLOSEMOUTHED?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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