The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BRAIDING
Definition of BRAIDING
verb
present participle and gerund of braid
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English breydynge; equivalent to braid + -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.
BRAIDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BRAIDING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABDGIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BRAIDING?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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