The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VERBICIDE
Definition of VERBICIDE
noun
The destruction or elimination of a word.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin verbum (“word”) + -icide.
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.
VERBICIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERBICIDE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEIIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found VERBICIDE?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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