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FRESCOING
Definition of FRESCOING
verb
present participle and gerund of fresco
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Word DNA
FRESCOING inherits its ancestry from its root, FRESCO.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Latin
- Italian
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,847)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRESCO · 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.
FRESCOING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FRESCOING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEFGINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRESCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRESCOING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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