The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NASTIER
Definition of NASTIER
adjective
comparative form of nasty: more nasty
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NASTIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NASTIER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found NASTIER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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