The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TURBOSHAFT
Definition of TURBOSHAFT
noun
A gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.
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Where it comes from
From turbo- + shaft.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TURBOSHAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TURBOSHAFT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABFHORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found TURBOSHAFT?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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