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DUSTING
Definition of DUSTING
verb
present participle and gerund of dust
noun
Fine particles. Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc. Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder. Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths. Disintegration of a solid, like silica. Flour. A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.
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Word DNA
DUSTING inherits its ancestry from its root, DUST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, DUST · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUSTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUSTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGINSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUSTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DUSTING?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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