The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BALLADEER
Definition of BALLADEER
noun
A singer, particularly a professional singer who performs ballads.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ballad + -eer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BALLAD · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BALLADEER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BALLADEER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABDEELLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BALLAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BALLADEER?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER