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OPALESCING
Definition of OPALESCING
verb
present participle and gerund of opalesce
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Word DNA
OPALESCING inherits its ancestry from its root, OPALESCE.
How it is built
Same root, OPALESCE · 2 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.
OPALESCING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OPALESCING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILNOPS - 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 OPALES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found OPALESCING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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