The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FILCHINGS
Definition of FILCHINGS
noun
plural of filching
FILCH · via filching
verb
To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
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Word DNA
FILCHINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, FILCHING.
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.
FILCHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILCHINGS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFGHIILNS - 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 38
Could you have found FILCHINGS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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