The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DARTS
Definition of DARTS
noun
A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land.
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Where it comes from
From dart + -s (pluralia tantum).
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.
DARTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DARTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DARTS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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