The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MUSICKING
Definition of MUSICKING
noun
Any activity involving or related to music performance, such as performing, listening, rehearsing, or composing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From music + -ing, coined by the musicologist Christopher Small (1927–2011).
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.
MUSICKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUSICKING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIIKMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MUSICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MUSICKING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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