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DATABASING
Definition of DATABASING
verb
present participle and gerund of database
DATABASE
noun
A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
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Word DNA
DATABASING inherits its ancestry from its root, DATABASE.
How it is built
Same root, DATABASE · 1 relative 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.
DATABASING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DATABASING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAABDGINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DATABA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DATABASING?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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