The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OBSERVINGLY
Definition of OBSERVINGLY
adverb
Attentively, observantly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From observing + -ly.
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.
OBSERVINGLY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 101 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBSERVINGLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEGILNORSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found OBSERVINGLY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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