The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BRIEFING
Definition of BRIEFING
noun
A concise summary of a current situation
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Where it comes from
From brief + -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.
BRIEFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRIEFING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEFGIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BRIEFING?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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