The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LOCKING
Definition of LOCKING
noun
gerund of lock: the act by which something is locked.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lock + -ing.
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.
LOCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
LOCKING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKLNO - 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 7
Could you have found LOCKING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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