The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CLEANSER
Definition of CLEANSER
noun
Someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clansere, clenser, clensere; equivalent to cleanse + -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.
CLEANSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLEANSER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLEANS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CLEANSER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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