The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FANGO
Definition of FANGO
noun
Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian fango (“mud”).
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.
FANGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 99, 27 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FANGO starts with F and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AFGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FANGO?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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