The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SOBERLY
Definition of SOBERLY
adverb
In a sober manner; temperately; coolly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English soberly; equivalent to sober + -ly.
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.
SOBERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SOBERLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BELORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SOBERLY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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