The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOWEVER
Definition of HOWEVER
adverb
Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how + -ever. Compare howsoever.
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.
HOWEVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOWEVER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHORVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HOWEVER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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