The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NEWSPAPER
Definition of NEWSPAPER
noun
A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality paper; today usually digital and often also available in print.
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Where it comes from
From news + paper.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NEWSPAPER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEWSPAPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEWSPAPER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEENPPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and P appear more than once.
Words that start NEWSPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEWSPAPER?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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