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PAYOUT
Definition of PAYOUT
noun
An amount of money paid out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from pay out.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAYOUT · 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.
PAYOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 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
PAYOUT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AOPTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PAYOUT?
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.
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