The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

PHOTO

/ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/5 letters

Definition of PHOTO

noun

A photograph.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Clipping of photograph.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PHOTO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 21 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
1
First board
96
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.

Built from these letters

PHOTO
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PHOTO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read HOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start PHOTO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PHOTO?

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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.

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