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DECALING
Definition of DECALING
verb
present participle and gerund of decal
noun
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
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Word DNA
DECALING inherits its ancestry from its root, DECAL.
How it is built
Same root, DECAL · 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.
DECALING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECALING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DECALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECALING?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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