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GAINER
Definition of GAINER
noun
One who gains a profit or advantage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gain + -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GAIN · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GAINER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found GAINER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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