The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTPLACEMENT
Definition of OUTPLACEMENT
noun
the process of helping to find new employment for redundant workers, especially executives
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + placement.
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.
OUTPLACEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTPLACEMENT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEELMNOPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start OUTPLACE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTPLACEMENT?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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