The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HEADLINER
Definition of HEADLINER
noun
The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening.
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Where it comes from
From headline (verb) + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEADLINER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEADLINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADLINER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEADLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADLINER?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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