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ALLOYING
Definition of ALLOYING
verb
present participle and gerund of alloy
noun
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
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Word DNA
ALLOYING inherits its ancestry from its root, ALLOY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,629)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALLOY · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALLOYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLOYING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILLNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ALLOYING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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