The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MEDAKA
Definition of MEDAKA
noun
Oryzias latipes, a small Japanese ricefish, popular for use in aquariums.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese メダカ.
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.
MEDAKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEDAKA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEKM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found MEDAKA?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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