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STALKER
Definition of STALKER
noun
A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -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.
STALKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STALKER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEKLRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found STALKER?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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