The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OPENWORK
Definition of OPENWORK
noun
Any of several forms of metalwork or needlework having decorative openings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From open + work.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, METAL · 23 relatives 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.
OPENWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPENWORK starts with O and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EKNOOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OPENWORK?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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