The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
QUATRAIN
Definition of QUATRAIN
noun
A poem in four lines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French quatrain.
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.
QUATRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUATRAIN starts with Q and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAINQRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUATRAIN?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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