The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KEGLER
Definition of KEGLER
noun
A ten-pin bowling player or enthusiast.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Kegler (“bowler, bowling player”), from Kegeln (“bowling”) + -er (“-er”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,708)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KEGLER · 1 relative 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.
KEGLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KEGLER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEGKLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found KEGLER?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER