The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TEACHER
Definition of TEACHER
noun
A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English techere, equivalent to teach + -er. More at teach.
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.
TEACHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEACHER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TEACHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TEACHER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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