The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WINDSAIL
Definition of WINDSAIL
noun
A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wind + sail.
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.
WINDSAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WINDSAIL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADIILNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start WINDSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found WINDSAIL?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER