The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WORSED
Definition of WORSED
verb
simple past and past participle of worse
BAD · via worse
symbol
ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Banda languages.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WORS · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORSED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found WORSED?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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