The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTAGE
Definition of OUTAGE
noun
A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out + -age, on the model of shortage.
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.
OUTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTAGE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found OUTAGE?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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