The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTCROPPING
Definition of OUTCROPPING
noun
An outcrop.
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Word DNA
OUTCROPPING inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTCROP.
How it is built
Same root, OUTCROP · 3 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.
OUTCROPPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTCROPPING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINOOPPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OUTCROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTCROPPING?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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