The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CROKINOLE
Definition of CROKINOLE
noun
A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French croquignole (“a flick”).
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.
CROKINOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROKINOLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found CROKINOLE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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