The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FIXER
Definition of FIXER
noun
Agent noun of fix: one who, or that which, fixes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fix + -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.
FIXER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIXER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFIRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. 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.
Could you have found FIXER?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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