The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLACERS
Definition of PLACERS
noun
plural of placer
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLACERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLACERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found PLACERS?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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