The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GAMES
Definition of GAMES
noun
plural of game
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAMES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 88 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GAMES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GAMES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found GAMES?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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