The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POTTERY
Definition of POTTERY
noun
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.
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.
POTTERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTTERY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EOPRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start POTTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POTTERY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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