The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POMBE
Definition of POMBE
noun
An African beer made from millet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Swahili pombe (“beer”).
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.
POMBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POMBE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEMOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POMBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POMBE?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER