The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DRIVESHAFT
Definition of DRIVESHAFT
noun
A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From drive + shaft.
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.
DRIVESHAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRIVESHAFT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEFHIRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DRIVESHAFT?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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