The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MISSING
Definition of MISSING
verb
present participle and gerund of miss
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, miss + -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.
MISSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISSING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIMNSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MISSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISSING?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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