The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PEARLY
Definition of PEARLY
noun
A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pearl + -y.
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.
PEARLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PEARLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AELPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PEARLY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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