The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OPTOMETRY
Definition of OPTOMETRY
noun
The art and science of vision and eye care.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From opto- + -metry.
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.
OPTOMETRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPTOMETRY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EMOOPRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start OPTOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPTOMETRY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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