The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COVARIATION
Definition of COVARIATION
noun
covariance
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From co- + variation.
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.
COVARIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COVARIATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACIINOORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, A and I appear more than once.
Words that start COVARIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COVARIATION?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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