The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIDEAWAY
Definition of HIDEAWAY
noun
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hide + away.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HIDEAWAY · 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.
HIDEAWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIDEAWAY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADEHIWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found HIDEAWAY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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