The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IRISING
Definition of IRISING
noun
The use of an iris shot.
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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.
IRISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
IRISING starts with I and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found IRISING?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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