The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOUNCER
Definition of BOUNCER
noun
A person or thing that bounces something, such as a ball.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bounce + -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.
BOUNCER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOUNCER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BCENORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOUNCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BOUNCER?
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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