The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ICEMAN
Definition of ICEMAN
noun
A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ice + -man.
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.
ICEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 65, 24 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ICEMAN starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ICEMAN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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