The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POLOS
Definition of POLOS
noun
plural of polo
noun
A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
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Word DNA
POLOS inherits its ancestry from its root, POLO.
How it is built
Same root, POLO · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found POLOS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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