The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
REFFING
Definition of REFFING
verb
present participle and gerund of ref
REF
noun
Clipping of referee.
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Word DNA
REFFING inherits its ancestry from its root, REF.
How it is built
Same root, REF · 2 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.
REFFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFFING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFFGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found REFFING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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