The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOOTGEAR
Definition of FOOTGEAR
noun
Sturdy footwear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From foot + gear.
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.
FOOTGEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOOTGEAR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFGOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FOOTGEAR?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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