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ASPHALTING
Definition of ASPHALTING
verb
present participle and gerund of asphalt
noun
A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
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Word DNA
ASPHALTING inherits its ancestry from its root, ASPHALT.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASPHALT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASPHALTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASPHALTING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAGHILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.
Words that start ASPHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ASPHALTING?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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