The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SPRINGBOARD
Definition of SPRINGBOARD
noun
A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
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Where it comes from
From spring + board.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
SPRINGBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPRINGBOARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDGINOPRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start SPRINGB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPRINGBOARD?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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