The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOOTER
Definition of FOOTER
noun
A footgoer; pedestrian
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -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.
FOOTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 39, 28 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOOTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FOOTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found FOOTER?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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