The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HEATER
Definition of HEATER
noun
A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From heat + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEAT · 10 relatives 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.
HEATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEATER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HEATER?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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