The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ONCIDIUM
Definition of ONCIDIUM
noun
Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
ONCIDIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONCIDIUM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDIIMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ONCIDIUM?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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