The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ESPALIER
Definition of ESPALIER
noun
A latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (587)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESPALIER · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESPALIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESPALIER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEILPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Words that start ESPALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ESPALIER?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER