The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ICONISE
Definition of ICONISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English form of iconize.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From icon + -ise.
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.
ICONISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ICONISE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ICONIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ICONISE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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