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DECREASING
Definition of DECREASING
adjective
On the decrease.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECREASING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DECREASING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECREASING?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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