The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIDING
Definition of HIDING
verb
present participle and gerund of hide
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Where it comes from
See hide (Etymology 1)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HIDE · 7 relatives 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.
HIDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HIDING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGHIIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found HIDING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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