The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTSOURCE
Definition of OUTSOURCE
verb
To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + source.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OUTSOURCE · 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.
OUTSOURCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTSOURCE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEOORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OUTSOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found OUTSOURCE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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