The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DISCRETELY
Definition of DISCRETELY
adverb
As a separate independent unit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From discrete + -ly.
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.
DISCRETELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCRETELY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEEILRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DISCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found DISCRETELY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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