The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HEADSAIL
Definition of HEADSAIL
noun
Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + sail.
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.
HEADSAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADSAIL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADEHILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HEADSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADSAIL?
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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER