The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WRITING
Definition of WRITING
noun
Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRITING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WRITING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIINRTW - 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.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WRITING?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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