The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WORKS
Definition of WORKS
noun
plural of work in its countable senses
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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.
WORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WORKS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WORKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found WORKS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER