The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OUTSMILING
Definition of OUTSMILING
verb
present participle and gerund of outsmile
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Word DNA
OUTSMILING inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTSMILE.
How it is built
Same root, OUTSMILE · 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.
OUTSMILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
OUTSMILING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILMNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start OUTSMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTSMILING?
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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