The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CERUMEN
Definition of CERUMEN
noun
Earwax.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen.
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.
CERUMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERUMEN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CERUMEN?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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