The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SPHERING
Definition of SPHERING
noun
The practice of humans traveling in a sphere, generally made of transparent plastic, usually for fun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sphere + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPHERE · 18 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPHERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPHERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SPHERING?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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