The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANKER
Definition of ANKER
noun
A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch anker. Doublet of anchor and ancora.
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.
ANKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANKER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEKNR - 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 ANKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANKER?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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