The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DIALED
Definition of DIALED
verb
simple past and past participle of dial
noun
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
DIALED inherits its ancestry from its root, DIAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIAL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIALED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DIALED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DIALED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER