The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCEPTERING
Definition of SCEPTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of scepter
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCEPTER · 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.
SCEPTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 143, 10 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SCEPTERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 SCEPTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCEPTERING?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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