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FORMICATING
Definition of FORMICATING
verb
present participle and gerund of formicate
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Word DNA
FORMICATING inherits its ancestry from its root, FORMICATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORMICATE · 3 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.
FORMICATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FORMICATING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACFGIIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FORMICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FORMICATING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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