The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IKEBANA
Definition of IKEBANA
noun
The Japanese art of flower arrangement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, literally “living flowers”).
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.
IKEBANA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IKEBANA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABEIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found IKEBANA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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