The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCRIMSHAWING
Definition of SCRIMSHAWING
verb
present participle and gerund of scrimshaw
verb
To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials. To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs. To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRIMSHAWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRIMSHAWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIIMNRSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once.
Words that start SCRIMSHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRIMSHAWING?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER