The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCOUGING
Definition of SCOUGING
verb
present participle and gerund of scoug
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCOUGING 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 29 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
SCOUGING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGGINOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found SCOUGING?
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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