The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOOSTING
Definition of BOOSTING
verb
present participle and gerund of boost
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Word DNA
BOOSTING inherits its ancestry from its root, BOOST.
How it is built
Same root, BOOST · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOSTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOSTING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGINOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BOOSTING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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