The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TINFOIL
Definition of TINFOIL
noun
A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tin + foil.
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.
TINFOIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TINFOIL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found TINFOIL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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