The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OPUSCULA
Definition of OPUSCULA
noun
plural of opusculum
OPUSCULUM
noun
An opuscule; a short work.
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.
OPUSCULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPUSCULA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACLOPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start OPUSCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPUSCULA?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER