The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MINGER
Definition of MINGER
noun
An unattractive or ugly person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See minging (from Scots mingin) and -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.
MINGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MINGER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGIMNR - 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 13
Could you have found MINGER?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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