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CLADDING
Definition of CLADDING
noun
Clothing; clothes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLAD · 3 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.
CLADDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLADDING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDDGILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CLADDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLADDING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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