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REELING

/ˈɹiːlɪŋ/7 letters

Definition of REELING

verb

present participle and gerund of reel

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

REELING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 7 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
61
First board
106
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

krystabit

on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

REELING
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

REELING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

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 REELIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

REELINGSREELINGLY

Could you have found REELING?

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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.

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