The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BEING
Definition of BEING
verb
present participle and gerund of be
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.
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.
BEING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIN - 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.
Words that start BEING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BEING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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