The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GLOBUS
Definition of GLOBUS
noun
A spherical or nearly spherical structure. A lump in the throat; the sensation of having such a lump present.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob.
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.
GLOBUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOBUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found GLOBUS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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