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CURVING
Definition of CURVING
verb
present participle and gerund of curve
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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.
CURVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CURVING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CURVIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CURVING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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