The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COUNTERPLAY
Definition of COUNTERPLAY
noun
A game move made as a response.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From counter- + play.
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.
COUNTERPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
COUNTERPLAY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELNOPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COUNTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found COUNTERPLAY?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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