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DUSTINGS
Definition of DUSTINGS
noun
plural of dusting
DUST · via dusting
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
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUSTINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUSTINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DGINSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start DUSTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUSTINGS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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