The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GAMETE
Definition of GAMETE
noun
A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).
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.
GAMETE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 141 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GAMETE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GAMETE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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