The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GLEANER
Definition of GLEANER
noun
One who gleans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English glenar, glenere, equivalent to glean + -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.
GLEANER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLEANER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found GLEANER?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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