The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TELESIS
Definition of TELESIS
noun
Directed social advancement via education and the scientific method.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλεσις (télesis, “accomplishment”).
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.
TELESIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELESIS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TELESIS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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