The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OCELLUS
Definition of OCELLUS
noun
A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
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.
OCELLUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCELLUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found OCELLUS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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