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LIFTER
Definition of LIFTER
noun
Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. A weightlifter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lift + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LIFT · 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.
LIFTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LIFTER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found LIFTER?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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