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ALIGNER
Definition of ALIGNER
noun
One who, or that which, aligns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From align + -er.
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.
ALIGNER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ALIGNER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ALIGNER?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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