The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
YELL
Definition of YELL
verb
To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
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.
YELL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
YELL starts with Y and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start YELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YELL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER