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OUTLYING
Definition of OUTLYING
adjective
Relatively remote from some central location.
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Where it comes from
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OUTLYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTLYING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNOTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OUTLYI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTLYING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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