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AVOIDING
Definition of AVOIDING
verb
present participle and gerund of avoid
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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.
AVOIDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AVOIDING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIINOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start AVOIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found AVOIDING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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