The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VIER
Definition of VIER
noun
Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the fourth rank in algebraic notation.
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Where it comes from
From vie + -er.
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.
VIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIER starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found VIER?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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