The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
METROPLEX
Definition of METROPLEX
noun
A large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of metropolitan + complex, originally coined as a marketing term for the Dallas–Fort Worth conurbation.
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.
METROPLEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METROPLEX starts with M and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EELMOPRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start METROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METROPLEX?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER