The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIKER
Definition of HIKER
noun
One who hikes, especially frequently.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hike + -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.
HIKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIKER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found HIKER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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