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ACER
Definition of ACER
noun
A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Acer, from Latin acer (“maple tree”).
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.
ACER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ACER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ACER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ACER?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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