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FONDUEING
Definition of FONDUEING
verb
present participle and gerund of fondue
noun
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
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Word DNA
FONDUEING inherits its ancestry from its root, FONDUE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,521)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FONDUE · 5 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.
FONDUEING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FONDUEING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGINNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start FONDUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FONDUEING?
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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