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ESCALATING
Definition of ESCALATING
verb
present participle and gerund of escalate
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Word DNA
ESCALATING inherits its ancestry from its root, ESCALATE.
How it is built
Same root, ESCALATE · 2 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.
ESCALATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCALATING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACEGILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESCALA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ESCALATING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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