The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCOURING
Definition of SCOURING
noun
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush, soap and water.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCOURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCOURING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCOURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SCOURING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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