The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DIFFERING
Definition of DIFFERING
verb
present participle and gerund of differ
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
DIFFERING inherits its ancestry from its root, DIFFER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,667)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIFFER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIFFERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIFFERING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFFGIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DIFFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIFFERING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER