The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PALEOBOTANY
Definition of PALEOBOTANY
noun
The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paleo- + botany.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PALEOBOTANY · 1 relative 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.
PALEOBOTANY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALEOBOTANY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABELNOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start PALEOBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PALEOBOTANY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER