The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHOPPING
Definition of SHOPPING
verb
present participle and gerund of shop
noun
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
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Where it comes from
By surface analysis, shop + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOPPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOPPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHINOPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P 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 SHOPPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHOPPING?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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