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MICROWAVING
Definition of MICROWAVING
verb
present participle and gerund of microwave
noun
An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
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Word DNA
MICROWAVING inherits its ancestry from its root, MICROWAVE.
How it is built
Same root, MICROWAVE · 3 relatives 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.
MICROWAVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MICROWAVING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGIIMNORVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MICROWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MICROWAVING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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