The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FAUCET
Definition of FAUCET
noun
An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English faucet, fawcett, from Old French fausset, of uncertain origin:
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.
FAUCET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUCET starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEFTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FAUCET?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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