The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DHOBI
Definition of DHOBI
noun
A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindi धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”)
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.
DHOBI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DHOBI starts with D and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read BDHIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DHOBI?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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