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HUMECTING
Definition of HUMECTING
verb
present participle and gerund of humect
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUMECTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUMECTING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGHIMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HUMECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found HUMECTING?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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