The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PORTMEN
Definition of PORTMEN
noun
plural of portman
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PORTMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PORTMEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found PORTMEN?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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