The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOMEWORKING
Definition of HOMEWORKING
noun
Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From home + working.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOMEWORKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOMEWORKING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIKMNOORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HOMEWOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOMEWORKING?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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