The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COVARY
Definition of COVARY
verb
To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From co- + vary.
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.
COVARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COVARY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COVARY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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