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DRYING
Definition of DRYING
verb
present participle and gerund of dry
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dry + -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.
DRYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DRYING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGINRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found DRYING?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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