The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KUDO
Definition of KUDO
noun
A compliment or praise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.
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.
KUDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KUDO starts with K and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DKOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 38
Could you have found KUDO?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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