The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OCTANES
Definition of OCTANES
noun
plural of octane
noun
Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
OCTANES inherits its ancestry from its root, OCTANE.
How it is built
Same root, OCTANE · 1 relative 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.
OCTANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 72, 31 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OCTANES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found OCTANES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER