The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTPLAY
Definition of OUTPLAY
verb
To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + play.
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.
OUTPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTPLAY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALOPTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTPLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found OUTPLAY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER