The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
Settings
ACCOUNT
An OUTLIER account is free, takes ten seconds, and is passwordless (just your email).
- Claim your username. Pick a handle and lock it in. Other players see it on the leaderboard, profiles, and challenges.
- Earn a worldwide rank. Show up by name on the leaderboard with a permanent #N worldwide badge once you've played two days.
- Country rank + flag. Appear on your country's leaderboard with a flag next to your name.
- Public profile. Every game you lock in gets a shareable profile at
/your-handlewith stats, scores, charts, and your rarest finds. - Streaks + records. Your streak %, longest streak, all-time high, and average all start counting and are saved forever.
- Cross-device history. Sign in on any phone, tablet, or computer with one tap and your games come with you.
- Challenge friends head-to-head. Send a daily challenge and see scores side-by-side. The friends you challenge also get your handle.
- Worldwide Wins. When you hold the top daily score, the win is recorded on your profile.
- Optional daily email. A short note when the new Outlier drops at 12 PM ET, with yesterday’s recap. Turn it on or off any time.
- One-tap sign-in forever. Passwordless magic link. No password to remember, no password to lose.
No ads. No tracking sold to anyone.
WEB NOTIFICATIONS
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GAME SOUNDS
Sound effects in every game: key taps, finds, chimes and countdown ticks.
HOME PAGE
The cards under your finished board. Hide the games you don't play. Saved to your account.
Trivia
Outlier Live Daily
Play Live now
New day banner
ACCESSIBILITY
Contrast, size & motionDarker grounds, bigger pages, no animation, underlined linksUse paper background in live games
Easier to read for astigmatism or bright-light glare. Swaps the dark live-game shell for ink-on-cream.
TIME ZONE
Show the daily 12 PM ET drop in your local time. Saved to your account so it follows you across devices.
Your time zone
COUNTRY
A flag flies next to your handle on the leaderboard and your profile. We set it from the country you appear to be in. Start typing below to switch it to any country, or choose “None” to fly no flag. Your call, any time.
PRIVACY
Show my profile publicly. You appear on the leaderboards and in search, and visitors see your stats. Switch it off and they see “This profile is private.”
Show my country flag on my profile.
Your profile, game by game
Anything you hide disappears for everyone, you included. Turn it back on here or in your profile menu. To hide everything at once, make your profile private above.
Words
Word list: the words you found. Your scores and ranks stay public.
Trivia
Trivia tab: your Trivia profile and the Trivia card on your Words profile.
Outlier Live
Live tab: your Outlier Live profile and your Live record.
Show me live game invites after the daily.
ORBIT
What others see
Let other players follow you. While your profile is visible, your score appears on their Orbit board and your invite link works.
Show who I follow on my profile. Other players can find good players through your list. Turning this off hides the list and unfollows nobody.
What reaches you
Orbit notifications →The live notes while you play: who is on the board, what they finished with, where you landed. Turn them all off, or mute one player or group.