The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PROTOHUMANS
Definition of PROTOHUMANS
noun
plural of protohuman
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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.
PROTOHUMANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTOHUMANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHMNOOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found PROTOHUMANS?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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