The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTRIVAL
Definition of OUTRIVAL
verb
To outperform; to outdo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + rival.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OUTRIVAL · 3 relatives 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.
OUTRIVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTRIVAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILORTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTRIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTRIVAL?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER