The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CISSING
Definition of CISSING
noun
The formation of small craters, drops or streaks on a freshly-painted or varnished surface if the paint or varnish fails to adhere to it.
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Where it comes from
See ciss.
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.
CISSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CISSING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIINSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CISSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CISSING?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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