The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LOCKFAST
Definition of LOCKFAST
adjective
Fastened or secured with a lock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lock + fast.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOCKFAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCKFAST starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACFKLOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LOCKFAST?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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