The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DEBUGGER
Definition of DEBUGGER
noun
A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.
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Where it comes from
From debug + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEBUGGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBUGGER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BDEEGGRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 DEBUGG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEBUGGER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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