The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NOTIFY
Definition of NOTIFY
verb
To give (someone) notice (of some event).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,430)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOTIFY · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOTIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NOTIFY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FINOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NOTIFY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found NOTIFY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER