The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DOWNFORCE
Definition of DOWNFORCE
noun
Any force (produced by aerodynamics or gravity etc) that acts downwards
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From down + force.
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.
DOWNFORCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOWNFORCE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEFNOORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found DOWNFORCE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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