The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLAYING
Definition of PLAYING
noun
An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.
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.
PLAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAYING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PLAYING?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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