The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

Our core value is independence

How OUTLIER stays free of ads, investors and data sales.

OUTLIER exists to be the best daily word game, not to sell your attention. Here is how it stays that way.

No ads

Brands cannot pay to appear inside OUTLIER. Not now, not later.

No investors

Nobody outside owns a piece of it, so there is no growth pressure pushing the game toward ads or data sales.

No data sold

Your play history stays with you. It is never sold and never handed to a third party.

Transparent funding

The money comes from players, in two shapes and no others. Patrons pay an amount they choose once a year. Supporters send a single gift. Every figure below is every dollar OUTLIER has taken, listed and unlisted gifts together.

FUNDING TO DATE
Patrons (annual)$10
One-time gifts$0
Total$10

Everyone who chose to be named is on the sponsors board. Nothing anyone pays changes anything in the game: no hints, no extra guesses, no effect on scoring or rank.

Ways to contribute

Become a patron

An annual amount you choose, from $5, through Stripe. Or send a one-time gift instead.

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Tell a friend

Word of mouth is how OUTLIER grows, and it costs nothing. Send it to someone who loves words.

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The commitment. If any of the above ever changes, if OUTLIER takes ads, takes investment or sells data, you will read it here first, in writing, before it happens.