The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FREEBOOTING
Definition of FREEBOOTING
noun
Piracy or plundering.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From freebooter (“a type of pirate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FREEBOOTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FREEBOOTING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEEFGINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FREEBOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FREEBOOTING?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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