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DELOUSING
Definition of DELOUSING
verb
present participle and gerund of delouse
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Another sense
DELOUSING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of delouse.
Word DNA
DELOUSING inherits its ancestry from its root, DELOUSE.
How it is built
Same root, DELOUSE · 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.
DELOUSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELOUSING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGILNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DELOUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found DELOUSING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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