The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WESTER
Definition of WESTER
noun
A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From west + -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.
WESTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WESTER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EERSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WESTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WESTER?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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