The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MATCHPLAY
Definition of MATCHPLAY
noun
Alternative form of match play.
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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.
MATCHPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 112, 9 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MATCHPLAY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACHLMPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MATCHP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATCHPLAY?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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