The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TEARY
Definition of TEARY
adjective
Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tery; equivalent to tear + -y.
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.
TEARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEARY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AERTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found TEARY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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