The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SOOTHERING
Definition of SOOTHERING
verb
present participle and gerund of soother
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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.
SOOTHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOOTHERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHINOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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 SOOTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOOTHERING?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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