The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PINBALL
Definition of PINBALL
noun
A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
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Where it comes from
From pin + ball.
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.
PINBALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PINBALL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABILLNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PINBAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PINBALL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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