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MICROWAVING
Definition of MICROWAVING
verb
present participle and gerund of microwave
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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.
MICROWAVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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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