The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DIEBACK
Definition of DIEBACK
noun
The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease or climate conditions.
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Where it comes from
Deverbal from die back.
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.
DIEBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 136, 3 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DIEBACK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEIK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DIEBACK?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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