The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTFOX
Definition of OUTFOX
verb
To beat (someone) in a competition of wits with superior cleverness or cunning; to outsmart.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + fox.
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.
OUTFOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTFOX starts with O and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read FOOTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OUTFOX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTFOX?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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