The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHAMER
Definition of SHAMER
noun
One who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by public criticism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shame + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHAM · 5 relatives 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.
SHAMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHAMER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found SHAMER?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER