The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WOODMAN
Definition of WOODMAN
noun
Someone who cuts down trees or cuts up, splits, and sells wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English woodeman, wodeman, from Old English wudemann, wudumann (“woodman”), equivalent to wood + -man.
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.
WOODMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WOODMAN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADMNOOW - 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 WOODMAN?
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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