The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GRIKE
Definition of GRIKE
noun
A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown
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.
GRIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
GRIKE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGIKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found GRIKE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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