The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NEPETA
Definition of NEPETA
noun
Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Nepeta (“nepeta”). Doublet of nep.
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.
NEPETA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEPETA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEENPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found NEPETA?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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