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ASHING
Definition of ASHING
noun
An analytic procedure in which a sample is heated in a furnace to leave a residue of ash, either to determine the gross mineral content, or as a preparation for further analysis
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Where it comes from
From ash + -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.
ASHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
Built from these letters
ASHING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ASHING?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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