The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHECKERING
Definition of CHECKERING
verb
present participle and gerund of checker
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Word DNA
CHECKERING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHECKER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHECKERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHECKERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CCEEGHIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHECKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHECKERING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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