The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VIKINGS
Definition of VIKINGS
noun
plural of viking
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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.
VIKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VIKINGS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIIKNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 VIKING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found VIKINGS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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