The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PUNCTILIOS
Definition of PUNCTILIOS
noun
plural of punctilio
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
PUNCTILIOS inherits its ancestry from its root, PUNCTILIO.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUNCTILIO · 1 relative 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.
PUNCTILIOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PUNCTILIOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIILNOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PUNCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUNCTILIOS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER