The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EELINGS
Definition of EELINGS
noun
plural of eeling
EEL · via eeling
noun
Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
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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.
EELINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EELINGS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found EELINGS?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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