The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIGHBOY
Definition of HIGHBOY
noun
A tall chest of drawers that is raised up on high legs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See high and lowboy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIGHBOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIGHBOY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGHHIOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Could you have found HIGHBOY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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