The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOCKING
Definition of BOCKING
noun
A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, filters and other items.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after the town of Bocking, England, where it was first made.
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.
BOCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOCKING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCGIKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BOCKING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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