The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COMPETING
Definition of COMPETING
adjective
Being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMPETING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPETING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIMNOPT - 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.
Words that start COMPET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found COMPETING?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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