The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FIRSTLING
Definition of FIRSTLING
noun
The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From first + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FIRST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIRSTLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FIRSTLING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIILNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 FIRSTLING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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