The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VIDEOTEX
Definition of VIDEOTEX
noun
Any of various early information retrieval services, such as viewdata and Teletext systems, that delivered pages of computerized text to users on request.
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Where it comes from
From video + text.
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.
VIDEOTEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIDEOTEX starts with V and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read DEEIOTVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start VIDEOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VIDEOTEX?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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