The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DATAMINE
Definition of DATAMINE
verb
To research or analyze software data, especially looking for hidden content in video games.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
data + mine
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DATAMINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DATAMINE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DATAMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DATAMINE?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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