The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PICTURESQUELY
Definition of PICTURESQUELY
adverb
In a picturesque manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From picturesque + -ly.
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.
PICTURESQUELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 63, 22 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICTURESQUELY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEILPQRSTUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PICTURESQ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PICTURESQUELY?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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