The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PICKING
Definition of PICKING
verb
present participle and gerund of pick
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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.
PICKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PICKING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIIKNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PICKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found PICKING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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