The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLAYTHINGS
Definition of PLAYTHINGS
noun
plural of plaything
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Word DNA
PLAYTHINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLAYTHING.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLAYTHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
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
PLAYTHINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGHILNPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PLAYTHINGS?
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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