The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PACKBOARD
Definition of PACKBOARD
noun
A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pack + board.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACKBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACKBOARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDKOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found PACKBOARD?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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