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CAMPHORATING
Definition of CAMPHORATING
verb
present participle and gerund of camphorate
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Word DNA
CAMPHORATING inherits its ancestry from its root, CAMPHORATE.
How it is built
Same root, CAMPHORATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAMPHORATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAMPHORATING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGHIMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CAMPHORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAMPHORATING?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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