The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CLOSEST
Definition of CLOSEST
adjective
superlative form of close: most close.
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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.
CLOSEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOSEST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CELOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLOSES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLOSEST?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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