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MOULDING
Definition of MOULDING
verb
present participle and gerund of mould
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Word DNA
MOULDING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOULD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOULD · 14 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.
MOULDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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
MOULDING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGILMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOULDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOULDING?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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