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CODING

/koʊdɪŋ/6 letters

Definition of CODING

noun

The process of encoding or decoding.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From code + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CODING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 5 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
32
First board
108
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CODING
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CODING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDGINO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CODING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CODING?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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