The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCOWING
Definition of SCOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of scow
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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.
SCOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCOWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SCOWING?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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