The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
INERTER
Definition of INERTER
noun
An active suspension component that is the dual of the spring. A device that reacts similarly to a spring but 180-degrees out of phase.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
inert + -er
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INERT · 4 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.
INERTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INERTER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEINRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear 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.
Could you have found INERTER?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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