The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTGUARDS
Definition of OUTGUARDS
noun
plural of outguard
noun
A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
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Word DNA
OUTGUARDS inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTGUARD.
How it is built
Same root, OUTGUARD · 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.
OUTGUARDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTGUARDS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found OUTGUARDS?
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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