The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PERQUISITE
Definition of PERQUISITE
noun
Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”).
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.
PERQUISITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERQUISITE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIIPQRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PERQUI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PERQUISITE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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