The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COUNTDOWN
Definition of COUNTDOWN
noun
A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
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Where it comes from
From count + down.
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.
COUNTDOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTDOWN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDNNOOTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTDOWN?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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