The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MOTU
Definition of MOTU
noun
A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.
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Where it comes from
From a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *motu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOTU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 70, 29 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MOTU starts with M and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read MOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MOTU?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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