The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ERODIUM
Definition of ERODIUM
noun
Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
ERODIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERODIUM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEIMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found ERODIUM?
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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