The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PERGOLA
Definition of PERGOLA
noun
A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula.
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.
PERGOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 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 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERGOLA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGLOPR - 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 PERGOLA?
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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