The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MISTAKING
Definition of MISTAKING
verb
present participle and gerund of mistake.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MISTAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MISTAKING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIIKMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MISTAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MISTAKING?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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