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OUTLIER
Definition of OUTLIER
noun
A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From outlie + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OUTLIER · 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.
OUTLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 132 boards so far. 889 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
OUTLIER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EILORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTLIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found OUTLIER?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER