The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WOODHEN
Definition of WOODHEN
noun
The weka (Gallirallus australis).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wodhen, from Old English wuduhenn (“woodhen, quail”), equivalent to wood + hen.
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.
WOODHEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOODHEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found WOODHEN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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