The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
INMATE
Definition of INMATE
noun
A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From inn + -mate, or from in- + -mate.
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.
INMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INMATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found INMATE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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