The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EXPLAINER
Definition of EXPLAINER
noun
Agent noun of explain; one who explains.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From explain + -er.
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.
EXPLAINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLAINER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNPRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
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 EXPLAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPLAINER?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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