The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GENERICS
Definition of GENERICS
noun
The use of templates, etc., to create generic source code that can be used in many situations.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GENERICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GENERICS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GENERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found GENERICS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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