The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TEMENOS
Definition of TEMENOS
noun
Ground under, surrounding and adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek τέμενος (témenos).
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.
TEMENOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEMENOS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found TEMENOS?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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