The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FICKLING
Definition of FICKLING
verb
present participle and gerund of fickle
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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.
FICKLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FICKLING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CFGIIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 10
Could you have found FICKLING?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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