The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ORTHOTICS
Definition of ORTHOTICS
noun
The design, manufacture and installation of orthopedic appliances to support, straighten or improve the function of a body part
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ORTHOTIC · 1 relative 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.
ORTHOTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
ORTHOTICS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIOORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start ORTHOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORTHOTICS?
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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