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DECOMPOSING
Definition of DECOMPOSING
verb
present participle and gerund of decompose
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Word DNA
DECOMPOSING inherits its ancestry from its root, DECOMPOSE.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (866)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECOMPOSE · 4 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.
DECOMPOSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECOMPOSING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGIMNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DECOMPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found DECOMPOSING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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