The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PATRONYMICS
Definition of PATRONYMICS
noun
plural of patronymic
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATRONYMICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATRONYMICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PATRONYMICS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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