The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
STIFFWARE
Definition of STIFFWARE
noun
Software that is inflexible, cannot be customized or upgraded, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stiff + -ware.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STIFF · 8 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.
STIFFWARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STIFFWARE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFFIRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STIFFW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STIFFWARE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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