The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UNDERCOATINGS
Definition of UNDERCOATINGS
noun
plural of undercoating
noun
A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; an undercoat.
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Word DNA
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.
UNDERCOATINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDERCOATINGS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGINNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start UNDERCOAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERCOATINGS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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