The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CLIMBING
Definition of CLIMBING
noun
The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -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.
CLIMBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLIMBING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCGIILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CLIMBING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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