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KREASOTING
Definition of KREASOTING
verb
present participle and gerund of kreasote
CREOSOTE · via kreasote
noun
A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KREASOTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KREASOTING starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIKNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KREASO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KREASOTING?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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