The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TENPIN
Definition of TENPIN
noun
Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
ten + pin
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TENPIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TENPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TENPIN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EINNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N 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.
Could you have found TENPIN?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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