The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SFUMATOS
Definition of SFUMATOS
noun
plural of sfumato
noun
A painting technique, prominent during the Italian Renaissance, involving the application of subtle layers of translucent paint, blurring the transition between colors, tones and often objects and creating the illusion of depth.
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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.
SFUMATOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SFUMATOS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFMOSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SFUMATOS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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