The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PACEMAKER
Definition of PACEMAKER
noun
Specialized cells which stimulate the heart to beat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pace + maker.
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.
PACEMAKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PACEMAKER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACEEKMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start PACEMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PACEMAKER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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