The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LINTER
Definition of LINTER
noun
The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lint + -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.
LINTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINTER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LINTER?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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