The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DUOTONE
Definition of DUOTONE
noun
Any picture printed in two shades of the same colour, such as a duotype or duograph.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From duo- + tone.
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.
DUOTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUOTONE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DENOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
Could you have found DUOTONE?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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