The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OCTYLS
Definition of OCTYLS
noun
plural of octyl
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCTYLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTYLS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CLOSTY - 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 19
Could you have found OCTYLS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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