The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LOCKOUT
Definition of LOCKOUT
noun
The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from lock out.
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.
LOCKOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCKOUT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CKLOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LOCKOUT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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