The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GAINEST
Definition of GAINEST
verb
second-person singular simple present indicative of gain
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAINEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
Built from these letters
GAINEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GAINEST?
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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