The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LONGBOAT
Definition of LONGBOAT
noun
The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From long + boat.
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.
LONGBOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 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
LONGBOAT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABGLNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start LONGBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LONGBOAT?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER