The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WAKEBOARD
Definition of WAKEBOARD
noun
The board one stands on for wakeboarding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wake + board.
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.
WAKEBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAKEBOARD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDEKORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WAKEBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WAKEBOARD?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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