The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CONTENDER
Definition of CONTENDER
noun
Someone who competes with one or more other people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From contend + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CONTEND · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONTENDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTENDER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEENNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTENDER?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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