The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POCHOIR
Definition of POCHOIR
noun
A technique in visual art consisting of applying various stencils (perforated templates).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pochoir.
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.
POCHOIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POCHOIR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CHIOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found POCHOIR?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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