The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHOPWORN
Definition of SHOPWORN
adjective
Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shop (noun) + worn (adjective).
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.
SHOPWORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOPWORN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HNOOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found SHOPWORN?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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