The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LITHOID
Definition of LITHOID
adjective
Stone-like in texture, appearance or other characteristic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lith- + -oid.
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.
LITHOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 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 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LITHOID starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHIILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LITHOID?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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