The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
STAINERS
Definition of STAINERS
noun
plural of stainer
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Word DNA
STAINERS inherits its ancestry from its root, STAINER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STAINERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAINERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found STAINERS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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