The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
INLIER
Definition of INLIER
noun
An area of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks, typically formed by erosion of part of the younger rock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in + lier.
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.
INLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INLIER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found INLIER?
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 114 - and most players walked straight past it.
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