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MILDEWING
Definition of MILDEWING
verb
present participle and gerund of mildew
noun
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
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Word DNA
MILDEWING inherits its ancestry from its root, MILDEW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (914)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MILDEW · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MILDEWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MILDEWING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIILMNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MILDEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MILDEWING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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