The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CAUSING
Definition of CAUSING
verb
present participle and gerund of cause
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAUS · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAUSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAUSING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGINSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 17
Could you have found CAUSING?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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