The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NISEI
Definition of NISEI
noun
One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (にせい, nisei), from 二 (ni-, “second”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).
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.
NISEI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NISEI starts with N and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read EIINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start NISEI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found NISEI?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER