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DOTING
Definition of DOTING
verb
present participle and gerund of dote
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DOTING?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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