The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NIXER
Definition of NIXER
noun
A job or income which is in addition to one's normal employment, generally done in the evening or on weekends; originally, work for payment that was not declared for taxation, now any work that is not part of one's regular job.
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Where it comes from
From nix + -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.
NIXER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIXER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EINRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found NIXER?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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