The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PACED
Definition of PACED
verb
simple past and past participle of pace
noun
A step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
PACED inherits its ancestry from its root, PACE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACE · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found PACED?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER