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PADLOCKING
Definition of PADLOCKING
verb
present participle and gerund of padlock
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PADLOCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
PADLOCKING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDGIKLNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PADLOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PADLOCKING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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