The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POORLY
Definition of POORLY
adverb
In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English poorly, pouerly, poreliche, poureliche, pouerliche, equivalent to poor + -ly.
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.
POORLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POORLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read LOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found POORLY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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