The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTLAY
Definition of OUTLAY
noun
A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + lay.
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.
OUTLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTLAY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALOTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found OUTLAY?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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