The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IODOUS
Definition of IODOUS
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or containing iodine
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From iodo- + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IODOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
IODOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DIOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found IODOUS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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