The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DARBIES
Definition of DARBIES
noun
plural of darby
DARBY
noun
A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet concrete, consisting of a stiff wedge or triangle of wood or metal.
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Word DNA
DARBIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DARBY.
How it is built
Same root, DARBY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DARBIES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DARBIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found DARBIES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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