The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HACKWORK
Definition of HACKWORK
noun
Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hack + work.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HACKWORK · 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.
HACKWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HACKWORK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACHKKORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once.
Could you have found HACKWORK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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