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OVULATING
Definition of OVULATING
verb
present participle and gerund of ovulate
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Word DNA
OVULATING inherits its ancestry from its root, OVULATE.
How it is built
Same root, OVULATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVULATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OVULATING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVULAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found OVULATING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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