The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GAUFRE
Definition of GAUFRE
noun
A waffle (flat pastry).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gaufre.
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.
GAUFRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAUFRE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 34
Could you have found GAUFRE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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