The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

SUBROUTINE

10 letters

Definition of SUBROUTINE

noun

A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From sub- + routine.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SUBROUTINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 3 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
114
First board
118
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

physicsrunner

on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUBROUTINE
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SUBROUTINE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEINORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start SUBROU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SUBROUTINE?

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 114 - and most players walked straight past it.

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