The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLANIMETER
Definition of PLANIMETER
noun
An integrating device used to measure the area of an irregular figure via tracing its outline.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plani- + -meter.
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.
PLANIMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLANIMETER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEILMNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PLANIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLANIMETER?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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