The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NACHO
Definition of NACHO
noun
A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from nachos.
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.
NACHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NACHO starts with N and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACHNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found NACHO?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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