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OUTPLACING
Definition of OUTPLACING
verb
present participle and gerund of outplace
verb
To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.
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Word DNA
OUTPLACING inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTPLACE.
How it is built
Same root, OUTPLACE · 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.
OUTPLACING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTPLACING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNOPTU - 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 OUTPLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found OUTPLACING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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