The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SUPERHERO
Definition of SUPERHERO
noun
Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From super- + hero. First attested in 1917.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SUPERHERO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUPERHERO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EEHOPRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start SUPERH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUPERHERO?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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