The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LUGER
Definition of LUGER
noun
Someone who competes in the luge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From luge + -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.
LUGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LUGER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGLRU - 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.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LUGER?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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