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FIRMING
Definition of FIRMING
adjective
Of beauty products, intended to make the skin firmer.
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Word DNA
FIRMING inherits its ancestry from its root, FIRM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,708)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FIRM · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIRMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FIRMING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found FIRMING?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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