The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NELLY
Definition of NELLY
noun
A person's life.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
NELLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NELLY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELLNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found NELLY?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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