The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PENHOLDER
Definition of PENHOLDER
noun
A handle into which a nib or other penpoint is fitted to form a pen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pen + holder.
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.
PENHOLDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENHOLDER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEHLNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found PENHOLDER?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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