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DECORATING
Definition of DECORATING
verb
present participle and gerund of decorate
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Word DNA
DECORATING inherits its ancestry from its root, DECORATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECORATE · 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.
DECORATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DECORATING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DECORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found DECORATING?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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