The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LAYERAGE
Definition of LAYERAGE
noun
The botanical technique of layering, or laying the shoot of a plant underground for growth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From layer + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAYERAGE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAYERAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAYERAGE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGLRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Could you have found LAYERAGE?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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