The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WRITHINGS
Definition of WRITHINGS
noun
plural of writhing
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Word DNA
WRITHINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, WRITHING.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,311)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
WRITHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WRITHINGS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHIINRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found WRITHINGS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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