The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GETA
Definition of GETA
noun
A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).
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.
GETA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GETA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGT - 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 GETA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found GETA?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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