The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PITHOS
Definition of PITHOS
noun
A large ceramic jar used by certain ancient civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πίθος (píthos).
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.
PITHOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PITHOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PITHOS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER