The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CLOSEUP
Definition of CLOSEUP
noun
Alternative form of close-up
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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.
CLOSEUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLOSEUP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CELOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLOSEU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLOSEUP?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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