The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PERUKE
Definition of PERUKE
noun
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.
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.
PERUKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERUKE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEKPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PERUKE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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