The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
URBANOLOGY
Definition of URBANOLOGY
noun
The branch of sociology that studies the problems of living in cities and towns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From urban + -ology.
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.
URBANOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
URBANOLOGY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABGLNOORUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start URBANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found URBANOLOGY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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