The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LINKER
Definition of LINKER
noun
That which links.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From link + -er (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Looking especially for the first uses of the software tool sense”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LINK · 12 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.
LINKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINKER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LINKER?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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