The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WAHOO
Definition of WAHOO
noun
Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WAHOO · 1 relative 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.
WAHOO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAHOO starts with W and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found WAHOO?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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