The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POLYATOMIC
Definition of POLYATOMIC
adjective
(of a molecule or ion) Consisting of two or more atoms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + atomic.
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.
POLYATOMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
POLYATOMIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACILMOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found POLYATOMIC?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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