The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TEDIUM
Definition of TEDIUM
noun
Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin taedium, from taedēre (“to weary”).
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.
TEDIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TEDIUM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEIMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TEDIUM?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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