The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NAFF
Definition of NAFF
adjective
Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable; tacky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Polari, 1960s. Further etymology unknown; perhaps a conscious corruption of either fanny or eff (off) (see naff off).
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.
NAFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NAFF starts with N and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFFN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NAFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NAFF?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER