The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RECOMBING
Definition of RECOMBING
verb
present participle and gerund of recomb
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Word DNA
RECOMBING inherits its ancestry from its root, RECOMB.
How it is built
Same root, RECOMB · 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.
RECOMBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECOMBING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCEGIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RECOMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECOMBING?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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