The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OILCAN
Definition of OILCAN
noun
A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oil + can.
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.
OILCAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OILCAN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACILNO - 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 58
Could you have found OILCAN?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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