The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MISPLAYING
Definition of MISPLAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of misplay
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Word DNA
MISPLAYING inherits its ancestry from its root, MISPLAY.
How it is built
Same root, MISPLAY · 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.
MISPLAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MISPLAYING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIILMNPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MISPLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISPLAYING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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