The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHIRKING
Definition of SHIRKING
verb
present participle and gerund of shirk
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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.
SHIRKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIRKING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIIKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SHIRKING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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