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ENCASING

8 letters

Definition of ENCASING

verb

present participle and gerund of encase

ENCASE

verb

To enclose, as in a case.

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Word DNA

ENCASING inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCASE.

How it is built

verbcompounden-

Same root, ENCASE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ENCASING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

wackyduck

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENCASING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ENCASING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGINNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Could you have found ENCASING?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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