The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIDER
Definition of HIDER
noun
One who hides oneself or a thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hide + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HIDE · 7 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.
HIDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HIDER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEHIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 27
Could you have found HIDER?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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