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OXIDATING
Definition of OXIDATING
verb
present participle and gerund of oxidate
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Word DNA
OXIDATING inherits its ancestry from its root, OXIDATE.
How it is built
Same root, OXIDATE · 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.
OXIDATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OXIDATING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIINOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OXIDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OXIDATING?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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