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MOULDERING
Definition of MOULDERING
verb
present participle and gerund of moulder
verb
Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces. To cause (someone or something) to die away or disappear.
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Another sense
MOULDERING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of moulder.
Word DNA
MOULDERING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOULDER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Same root, MOULDER · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOULDERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOULDERING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGILMNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MOULDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found MOULDERING?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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