The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FRETSAWING
Definition of FRETSAWING
verb
present participle and gerund of fretsaw
noun
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
FRETSAWING inherits its ancestry from its root, FRETSAW.
How it is built
Same root, FRETSAW · 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.
FRETSAWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 158, 25 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FRETSAWING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEFGINRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FRETSAWING?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER