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PAYING
Definition of PAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of pay
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pay + -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.
PAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PAYING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PAYING?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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