The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLACEMENT
Definition of PLACEMENT
noun
The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
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Where it comes from
From place + -ment.
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.
PLACEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLACEMENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEELMNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PLACEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PLACEMENT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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