The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WASHBOARD
Definition of WASHBOARD
noun
A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wash + 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.
WASHBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASHBOARD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDHORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WASHBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found WASHBOARD?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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