The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DECEIVER
Definition of DECEIVER
noun
A person who lies or deceives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er. Displaced native Old English swica.
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.
DECEIVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DECEIVER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEEEIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 DECEIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECEIVER?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER