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CHEATER
Definition of CHEATER
noun
Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.
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.
CHEATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHEATER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHEATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CHEATER?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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