The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FLOODER
Definition of FLOODER
noun
A channel or device for carrying and controlling water used in flood irrigation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From flood (verb) + -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.
FLOODER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FLOODER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFLOOR - 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.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FLOODER?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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