The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
INDIE
Definition of INDIE
adjective
Independent; from outside the mainstream.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.
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.
INDIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INDIE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEIIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found INDIE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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