The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SETUP
Definition of SETUP
noun
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from set up.
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.
SETUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SETUP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EPSTU - 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.
Words that start SETUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SETUP?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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