The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ALITERACY
Definition of ALITERACY
noun
The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + literacy.
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.
ALITERACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ALITERACY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACEILRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALITER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALITERACY?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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