The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SETTING
Definition of SETTING
noun
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
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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.
SETTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SETTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SETTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SETTING?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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