The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SPLUTTERING
Definition of SPLUTTERING
noun
gerund of splutter: the act of one who splutters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From splutter + -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.
SPLUTTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPLUTTERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNPRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPLUTTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPLUTTERING?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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