The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SPLAYED
Definition of SPLAYED
adjective
Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be larger on one side of the wall than on the other.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From splay + -ed.
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.
SPLAYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPLAYED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SPLAYED?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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