The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
STINGER
Definition of STINGER
noun
A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.
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.
STINGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STINGER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGINRST - 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 29
Could you have found STINGER?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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