The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ORTHOPAEDY
Definition of ORTHOPAEDY
noun
Alternative form of orthopedy.
ORTHOPEDICS · via orthopedy
noun
The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints.
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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.
ORTHOPAEDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTHOPAEDY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEHOOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ORTHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORTHOPAEDY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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