The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LANES
Definition of LANES
noun
plural of lane
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LANES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found LANES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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