The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LATCHKEY
Definition of LATCHKEY
noun
A key, especially to an outside door.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From latch + key.
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.
LATCHKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LATCHKEY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHKLTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LATCHKEY?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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