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MACULATING
Definition of MACULATING
verb
present participle and gerund of maculate
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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.
MACULATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACULATING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACULATING?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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