The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SIDELINER
Definition of SIDELINER
noun
One who stays on the sidelines; a spectator or nonparticipant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sideline + -er.
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.
SIDELINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIDELINER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEEIILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start SIDELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SIDELINER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER