The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LAYING
Definition of LAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of lay
LAY
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Lama Bai.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LAYE · 2 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.
LAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAYING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found LAYING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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