The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DOOFER
Definition of DOOFER
noun
An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. The remote control for a television.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Respelling of “do for”, as in “it will do for that job”.
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.
DOOFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOOFER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears 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.
Could you have found DOOFER?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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