The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OOLITE
Definition of OOLITE
noun
A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oo- + -lite, after German Oolit.
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.
OOLITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OOLITE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found OOLITE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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