The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FANBOY
Definition of FANBOY
noun
A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fan + boy.
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.
FANBOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANBOY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABFNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found FANBOY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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