The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ETCHINGS
Definition of ETCHINGS
noun
plural of etching
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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.
ETCHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETCHINGS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHINST - 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.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found ETCHINGS?
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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