The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLAYACTING
Definition of PLAYACTING
noun
Alternative form of play-acting.
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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.
PLAYACTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAYACTING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGILNPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLAYAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PLAYACTING?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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