The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IRONWEEDS
Definition of IRONWEEDS
noun
plural of ironweed
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Word DNA
IRONWEEDS inherits its ancestry from its root, IRONWEED.
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.
IRONWEEDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRONWEEDS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEINORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found IRONWEEDS?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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