The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
STANDBY
Definition of STANDBY
noun
A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from stand by.
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.
STANDBY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STANDBY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABDNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STANDB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found STANDBY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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