The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LONER
Definition of LONER
noun
One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lone + -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.
LONER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LONER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ELNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LONER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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