The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BANKER
Definition of BANKER
noun
One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bank + -er, after French banquier.
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.
BANKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANKER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BANKER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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