The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
KITCHENER
Definition of KITCHENER
noun
A kitchen servant; a cook.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English kichenere, kychynnere, equivalent to kitchen + -er.
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.
KITCHENER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
KITCHENER starts with K and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIKNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start KITCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found KITCHENER?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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