The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EXINE
Definition of EXINE
noun
The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Exine, from Latin ex- + German -ine.
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.
EXINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXINE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEINX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found EXINE?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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