The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PHOTOGEN
Definition of PHOTOGEN
noun
A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From photo- + -gen.
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.
PHOTOGEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHOTOGEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGHNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PHOTOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found PHOTOGEN?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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