The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GLEEK
Definition of GLEEK
noun
A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French glic, from Old French glic (“a game of cards”), of Germanic origin from or related to Middle High German glücke, gelücke (“luck”) and Middle Dutch gelīc (“like, alike”). More at luck, like.
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.
GLEEK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLEEK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EEGKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GLEEK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLEEK?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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