The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GLYCAN
Definition of GLYCAN
noun
Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GLYCAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLYCAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 96, 24 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
GLYCAN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACGLNY - 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.
Could you have found GLYCAN?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER