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CREOSOTING
Definition of CREOSOTING
verb
present participle and gerund of creosote
noun
A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
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Word DNA
CREOSOTING inherits its ancestry from its root, CREOSOTE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CREOSOTE · 11 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.
CREOSOTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CREOSOTING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGINOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CREOSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found CREOSOTING?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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