The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ONCER
Definition of ONCER
noun
A one-pound note.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From once + -er (relational suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
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.
ONCER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONCER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CENOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ONCER?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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