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MUTILATING
Definition of MUTILATING
verb
present participle and gerund of mutilate
verb
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUTILATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUTILATING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIILMNTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
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 MUTILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUTILATING?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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