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DESTROYING

/dɪˈstɹɔɪ(j)ɪŋ/10 letters

Definition of DESTROYING

verb

present participle and gerund of destroy

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Rarity score
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Tier
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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 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 100
Its 15 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
9
First board
99
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

DESTROYING
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

DESTROYDESTROYSDESTROYEDDESTROYERDESTROYERSDESTROYABLE

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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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