The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TOMBOY
Definition of TOMBOY
noun
A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tom + boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.
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.
TOMBOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOMBOY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BMOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TOMBOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found TOMBOY?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER