The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ACHING
Definition of ACHING
verb
present participle and gerund of ache
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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.
ACHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACHING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ACHING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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