The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BLOCKER
Definition of BLOCKER
noun
Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else. One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent. A defensive or low-scoring batter. One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically. An application or feature that stops or impedes something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English blocker, blokker, bloker, blokkere, equivalent to block + -er.
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.
BLOCKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 70 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOCKER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BCEKLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BLOCKER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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