The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOOTLER
Definition of FOOTLER
noun
One who footles; a foolish trifler.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From footle + -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.
FOOTLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOOTLER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFLOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FOOTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOOTLER?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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