The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GEOTAXIS
Definition of GEOTAXIS
noun
A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From geo- + taxis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GEOTAXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GEOTAXIS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGIOSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found GEOTAXIS?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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