The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VOTATION
Definition of VOTATION
noun
The act of voting, especially when not to elect a government or head of state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vote + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VOTE · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOTATION 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 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOTATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINOOTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VOTATION?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER