The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SWAPPER
Definition of SWAPPER
noun
One who swaps. A group member responsible for acquiring and distributing new software releases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From swap + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SWAP · 6 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.
SWAPPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 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
SWAPPER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SWAPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWAPPER?
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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