The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GAFFINGS
Definition of GAFFINGS
noun
plural of gaffing
GAFF · via gaffing
noun
A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
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Word DNA
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.
GAFFINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAFFINGS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFFGGINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GAFFINGS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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