The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SOCKMEN
Definition of SOCKMEN
noun
plural of sockman
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOCKMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOCKMEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEKMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SOCKMEN?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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