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DUPLEXING
Definition of DUPLEXING
verb
present participle and gerund of duplex
adjective
Double; made up of two parts. Having two floors. Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments. Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
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Word DNA
DUPLEXING inherits its ancestry from its root, DUPLEX.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUPLEX · 6 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.
DUPLEXING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUPLEXING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGILNPUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DUPLEX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUPLEXING?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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