The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ROMAL
Definition of ROMAL
noun
A long quirt attached to the end of a set of closed reins that are connected to the bridle of a horse, and used to assist in moving cattle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish ramal, from Latin ramus (“branch”).
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.
ROMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROMAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ROMAL?
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