The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POWERS
Definition of POWERS
noun
plural of power
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Word DNA
POWERS inherits its ancestry from its root, POW.
How it is built
Same root, POW · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POWERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POWERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found POWERS?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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