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DESTROYING
Definition of DESTROYING
verb
present participle and gerund of destroy
verb
To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
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Word DNA
DESTROYING inherits its ancestry from its root, DESTROY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESTROY · 2 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.
DESTROYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DESTROYING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGINORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DESTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found DESTROYING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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