The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LADIES
Definition of LADIES
noun
plural of lady
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.
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.
LADIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LADIES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LADIES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found LADIES?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER