Answers to the most common OutPick questions.
Open Picks, choose a side on each required game, and save. Every game locks at its own kickoff — you can change any pick until that game starts. You'll see a confirmation when each pick is saved.
A round opens as soon as its official OutPick Lines are published — for the NFL that's normally the weekly line drop on Wednesday around noon Central. Once the round is open you can make or change picks any time; each game locks individually at its own kickoff, so Thursday games lock before Sunday games. Nothing resets: picks are stored per round and past rounds stay as history. Midseason leagues follow their own start round rather than Week 1. You'll get an in-app notification (and an email if you have pick reminders enabled in Profile → Notifications) when a new round opens, plus reminders if your picks aren't finished as kickoff approaches.
Your score on a game is the final margin plus the OutPick line. Win big and you score big; lose and the margin goes against you. Your round total is the sum of your picks. See the Rules page for examples.
Each game gets one official OutPick line, published before anyone can pick and frozen forever after. Every player in your league picks against the same number, no matter when they pick. Lines never move after publish.
Picks stay hidden until each game kicks off. As games start, everyone's pick on that game reveals automatically. Future games stay hidden.
If you don't complete your picks before lock, your league's missed-pick penalty applies (set by your commissioner). Turn on pick reminders in Profile → Notifications.
When a round ends in a tie, your league's tiebreaker decides it — by default, your prediction of the total points in the designated game. Enter it on the Picks page before that game locks.
Anyone can create a league. Pick a sport, a plan, and your rules. Share the invite link or QR code — players can join until your league's join deadline. A league activates after payment.
Leagues can start any round of the season. If you join late, you start from the league's current round — there's no backfilling of past rounds, and standings use average points per round so late starters compete fairly.
Each round you're matched against one league rival. Your picks face off directly, and swing games — where you picked opposite sides — are highlighted live.
On the Live page, every game shows how your pick compares to the rest of the league. CHALK means you're with the crowd (70%+ of the league on your side). BALANCED means the league is roughly split (40–69% on your side). CONTRARIAN means you're against most of the league (10–39% on your side). LONE WOLF 🐺 means almost nobody else picked your side (under 10%). Leverage is the % of the league on the other side — higher leverage games swing your rank more. The badge color tells you how much a game can move you up or down right now.
OutPick AI grades every game 0–100 against the official line and can build a suggested card. Edge analysis locks at kickoff and never changes retroactively. AI is educational — it's not betting advice.
League Points have two possible uses in OutPick. Awards only: commissioners can award League Points for weekly finishes and other accomplishments while cumulative OutPick Score still determines the league standings and the champion — in that league, leading League Points does not mean leading the league. Championship scoring: a commissioner can choose League Points as the Championship Format, in which case League Points determine the league standings and the League Champion. League Points never modify the underlying OutPick Score. OutPick has two separate metrics. OutPick Score is your performance from your actual game picks — it never changes because of awards. League Points are awarded according to the structure your commissioner set before competition began (weekly finishes, season finishes and other awards). Championship format: each league is decided by either OutPick Score or League Points, and whoever leads that metric at the end of the season is the League Champion. Point pool: every League Point is allocated before the season and can never be created afterward; commissioner awards come out of a pool reserved in advance. Transparency: open Standings → Points to see your league's full scoring system and every player's League Points history. League Points have no cash value and cannot be purchased, sold, transferred, redeemed or cashed out.
League plans are one-time per season; OutPick+ is an annual subscription. Manage or cancel in Profile → Billing. Charges appear as OUTPICK. Refund requests go to support@outpick.me.
Get pick reminders, game-start alerts, results, and chat notifications by email and push. Control everything in Profile → Notifications, including quiet hours.
If a score or result looks wrong, use Report issue on the game or contact your commissioner. OutPick resolves issues by fixing the underlying game data and automatically re-scoring — never by hand-editing your score.
If you go offline, a banner appears and picks pause until you reconnect. Saved picks are stored on the server the moment you see the confirmation — a closed tab never loses them.
OutPick works as an app: on iPhone, Share → Add to Home Screen; on Android, menu → Install app. Native iOS and Android shells are also available.