The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
URSINE
Definition of URSINE
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”) + -ine.
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.
URSINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 317 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
URSINE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found URSINE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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