The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COATINGS
Definition of COATINGS
noun
plural of coating
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Word DNA
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.
COATINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COATINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGINOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found COATINGS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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