The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FORMALINS
Definition of FORMALINS
noun
plural of formalin
noun
A solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FORMALIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORMALINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORMALINS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFILMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORMALINS?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER