The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OPENWORKS
Definition of OPENWORKS
noun
plural of openwork
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Word DNA
OPENWORKS inherits its ancestry from its root, METAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METAL · 25 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.
OPENWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPENWORKS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKNOOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OPENWORKS?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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