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USER
Definition of USER
noun
One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).
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.
USER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
USER starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ERSU - 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.
Words that start USER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found USER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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