The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GATEWAY
Definition of GATEWAY
noun
A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gate + way.
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.
GATEWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GATEWAY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEGTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 9
Could you have found GATEWAY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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