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DILATING
Definition of DILATING
verb
present participle and gerund of dilate
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Word DNA
DILATING inherits its ancestry from its root, DILATE.
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 (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DILATE · 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.
DILATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILATING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DILATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DILATING?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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