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JUSTIFYING
Definition of JUSTIFYING
verb
present participle and gerund of justify
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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.
JUSTIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUSTIFYING starts with J and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIIJNSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JUSTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found JUSTIFYING?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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