The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SUNWARD
Definition of SUNWARD
adjective
Directed or turned toward the sun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sun + -ward.
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.
SUNWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SUNWARD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADNRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SUNWARD?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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