The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HIRING
Definition of HIRING
verb
present participle and gerund of hire
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Word DNA
HIRING inherits its ancestry from its root, HIRE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, HIRE · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIRING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HIRING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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