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IDEATING
Definition of IDEATING
verb
present participle and gerund of ideate
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Word DNA
IDEATING inherits its ancestry from its root, IDEATE.
How it is built
Same root, IDEATE · 1 relative 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.
IDEATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IDEATING starts with I and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IDEATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found IDEATING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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