The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TOYON
Definition of TOYON
noun
A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish tollón.
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.
TOYON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
TOYON starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read NOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found TOYON?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER