The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SLOOMING
Definition of SLOOMING
verb
present participle and gerund of sloom
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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.
SLOOMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLOOMING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILMNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SLOOMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLOOMING?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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