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FILING

/ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/6 letters

Definition of FILING

noun

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FILING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its 4 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
24
First board
117
Latest board
78
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

FILING
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FILING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start FILING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FILING?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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