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ALLUDING

/əˈluːdɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of ALLUDING

verb

present participle and gerund of allude

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ALLUDING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 117
Its one board, across 117 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

harpkoukla

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ALLUDING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ALLUDING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGILLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

DUALLING

Could you have found ALLUDING?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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