The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RACER
Definition of RACER
noun
Agent noun of race: one that races or is used for racing. A person who participates in races, especially an athlete.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From race + -er. First attested in 1648.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RACER · 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.
RACER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RACER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACERR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 RACER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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