The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
INVERTASE
Definition of INVERTASE
noun
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From invert + -ase.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INVERTASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVERTASE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEINRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start INVERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INVERTASE?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER