The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EIDER
Definition of EIDER
noun
Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.
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.
EIDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EIDER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EIDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found EIDER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER