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DESULFURING
Definition of DESULFURING
verb
present participle and gerund of desulfur
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Word DNA
DESULFURING inherits its ancestry from its root, DESULFUR.
How it is built
Same root, DESULFUR · 1 relative 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.
DESULFURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESULFURING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGILNRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start DESULFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESULFURING?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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