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GUESSING

/ˈɡɛsɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of GUESSING

noun

The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English gessyng, gessynge, equivalent to guess + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

GUESSING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 125
Its one board, across 125 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
124
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

blue_awning

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GUESSING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GUESSING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGINSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

SNUGGIES

Words that start GUESSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GUESSINGSGUESSINGLY

Could you have found GUESSING?

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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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