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AUSFORMING
Definition of AUSFORMING
verb
present participle and gerund of ausform
verb
To plastically deform (steel) as part of a certain process in order to improve its strength.
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Word DNA
AUSFORMING inherits its ancestry from its root, AUSFORM.
How it is built
Same root, AUSFORM · 2 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.
AUSFORMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
AUSFORMING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGIMNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AUSFOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found AUSFORMING?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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