The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EMBOUCHURE
Definition of EMBOUCHURE
noun
The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + bouche (“mouth”), from Latin bucca (“cheek”).
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.
EMBOUCHURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBOUCHURE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHMORUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and U appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found EMBOUCHURE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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