The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
STOPPERING
Definition of STOPPERING
verb
present participle and gerund of stopper
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Word DNA
STOPPERING inherits its ancestry from its root, STOPPER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STOPPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STOPPERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINOPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STOPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STOPPERING?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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