The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TAPERING
Definition of TAPERING
verb
present participle and gerund of taper
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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.
TAPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAPERING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGINPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TAPERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAPERING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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