The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SPECIFYING
Definition of SPECIFYING
noun
The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English specifieng, equivalent to specify + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPECIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPECIFYING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEFGIINPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPECIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SPECIFYING?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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