The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
YEARS
Definition of YEARS
noun
plural of year.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YEARS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 34 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YEARS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AERSY - 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.
Could you have found YEARS?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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