The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOTBOX
Definition of HOTBOX
noun
A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents. An oven.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hot + box.
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.
HOTBOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HOTBOX starts with H and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BHOOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HOTBOX?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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