The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TROUPIAL
Definition of TROUPIAL
noun
Any of three South American birds of the genus Icterus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
French troupiale, from troupe (“troop”), so named because they live in flocks.
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.
TROUPIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TROUPIAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TROUPIAL?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER