The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EARLS
Definition of EARLS
noun
plural of earl
noun
A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
EARLS inherits its ancestry from its root, EARL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (212)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EARL · 1 relative 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.
EARLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EARLS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found EARLS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER