The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FATWOOD
Definition of FATWOOD
noun
A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fat + wood.
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.
FATWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FATWOOD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFOOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FATWOOD?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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