The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
YULAN
Definition of YULAN
noun
Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Chinese Mandarin 玉蘭／玉兰 (yùlán) (lit. "jade orchid").
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.
YULAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 94, 22 August 2026.
Built from these letters
YULAN starts with Y and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found YULAN?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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