The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BLOATWARE
Definition of BLOATWARE
noun
Software that is packed with too many features and therefore slow or unwieldy; software that is inefficiently designed and occupies an excessive amount of memory or disk space.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bloat + -ware. Originally in the sense “unwieldy software”; the sense “pre-installed software” has become predominant since the 2010s.
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.
BLOATWARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BLOATWARE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABELORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BLOATWARE?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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