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LOOKING
Definition of LOOKING
verb
present participle and gerund of look
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lokynge, from earlier lokinde, lokende, from Old English lōciende, present participle of Old English lōcian (“to look”), equivalent to look + -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.
LOOKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LOOKING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIKLNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LOOKING?
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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