The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FORSYTHIA
Definition of FORSYTHIA
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin, named in honor of Scottish horticulturist William Forsyth, who brought the shrub over from China. Forsyth's own name is from Irish Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace."
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (350)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORSYTHIA · 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.
FORSYTHIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORSYTHIA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AFHIORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found FORSYTHIA?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER