The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PINOCHLE
Definition of PINOCHLE
noun
A card game, similar to bezique.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Austro-Bavarian pronunciation of German Binokel (where b>p change is common), French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game.
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.
PINOCHLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PINOCHLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PINOCHLE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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