The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
THROTTLE
Definition of THROTTLE
noun
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (“throat”), equivalent to throat + -le. Compare German Drossel (“throttle”). More at throat.
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.
THROTTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
THROTTLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHLORTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start THROTT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THROTTLE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER