The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KAROO
Definition of KAROO
noun
Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originates from the Khoikhoi word karo (meaning dry, and hard)
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.
KAROO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
KAROO starts with K and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found KAROO?
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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