The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VISON
Definition of VISON
noun
Used as a specific epithet; mink.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French vison (“mink”).
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.
VISON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 78, 6 August 2026.
Built from these letters
VISON starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read INOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VISON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VISON?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER