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OUTFACING
Definition of OUTFACING
verb
present participle and gerund of outface
verb
To disconcert someone with an unblinking face-to-face confrontation; to stare down; to withsay
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Word DNA
OUTFACING inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTFACE.
How it is built
Same root, OUTFACE · 3 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.
OUTFACING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTFACING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACFGINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTFAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found OUTFACING?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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