The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCIENTER
Definition of SCIENTER
adverb
deliberately, knowingly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”).
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.
SCIENTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCIENTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCIENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found SCIENTER?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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