The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SWITCHOVER
Definition of SWITCHOVER
noun
A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From switch + over.
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.
SWITCHOVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWITCHOVER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHIORSTVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SWITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SWITCHOVER?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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