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PAYOLA
Definition of PAYOLA
noun
A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps a blend of pay + Victrola, equivalent to pay + -ola.
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.
PAYOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAYOLA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PAYOLA?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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