The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FACTORYLIKE
Definition of FACTORYLIKE
adjective
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From factory + -like.
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.
FACTORYLIKE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FACTORYLIKE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIKLORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found FACTORYLIKE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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